Year of Grant Award:
2003
Project Title:
Providing Health Coverage and Other Services to Recruit and Retain
Direct Service Community Workers in Maine: The Dirigo Difference
Grantee:
Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance
Primary Grantee Contact:
Elise Scala
Project Director, Muskie School of Public Service, University of
Southern Maine
Scala@usm.maine.edu
Hypotheses:
The hypothesis of the Maine demonstration is that employers who
offer affordable health care coverage to direct care workers and
their families will be better able to recruit and retain direct care
workers than those who do not. Secondly, they hypothesize that employers
who offer affordable health care coverage and implement
the workplace enhancement services to become an "Employer of
Choice" will be better able to recruit and retain direct care
workers than those that offer just affordable health care coverage.
Interventions:
- Offer affordable and subsidized health coverage through Maine's
new state agency, Dirigo Health, which was created as a result
of efforts to offer universal access to health care coverage in
Maine.
- Develop and deliver package of workplace services designed to
make employers an "Employer of Choice."
- Design an incentive payment for employers who improve retention
rates and other workplace indicators.
Evaluators:
Paul Saucier and Lisa Morris
Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
Read about:
Maine's Worker Survey
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