Direct Care Workers Preparing to be Involved in the National Elections! (See our "In the News" section) Limited total site access allowed for this week(enjoy).
Welcome to the home page for the National Association for Direct Care Workers of Color.Inc.
NADCWOC(pronounced NAD-WOC) .
We are a non profit 501c3 membership based association of Nursing Assistants,Home-Health Aides,Mental Health Assistants,Personal Attendants,Orderlies, and other members of the long term care and services profession with similar titles and job descriptions whom for purposes of this discussion will be known as "Direct Care Workers".
Our Sole Mission and purpose is the delivery of quality care and services to the Elderly and to those with physical and mental disabilities.
We accomplish our mission by creating and implementing programs and services to recruit,train and retain individuals as qualified direct care workers.
We are a state-based,national organization, with our main office headquartered here in South bend,Indiana, we are primarily minorities or people of color,who have proudly chosen the profession of direct care and its related services as our career.
Minorities; Asians, Latino, African Americans and Immigrants collectively comprise nearly 55% of the entire direct care and related services workforce.They are predominantly female, head of household with minimum education or resources.They are the anchors of the long term care and services workforce, each day they are proving that quality services and care is directly and intimately tied to a quality direct care job.
For a comprehensive look at our programs and a look back at NADCWOC in action please click on our "Programs" page,or contact us at NADCWOC INC. 574-289-9326 or e-mail us at nadwoc@sbcglobal.net
To gain access to the entire site please e-mail NADWOC at the e-mail address listed above to create a user name and pass word.
