Direct CareGiver Association
DCGA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to "recognizing, honoring, valuing and
training Direct Caregivers, thus assuring that those who need care are treated with dignity,
compassion, and skill." We seek to create a society where caregivers are treated and fairly
compensated as indispensable members of a professional caregiving team, and where our most
vulnerable citizens routinely receive compassionate and skilled care.
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DCGA is a membership organization of caregivers, consumers, providers, professional counsel,
researchers, and policy-makers, working together to solve the problems facing long-term care
collaboratively. DCGA seeks to address caregiver issues systemically: on the one hand, by
providing opportunities for caregivers to pursue training, certification, and continuing
education to improve these low-income individuals’ wage and advancement possibilities; and,
on the other hand, by improving the system in which caregivers work by developing standards,
educating the public, and working with providers to enhance recruitment, screening, and retention.
DCGA developed its current identity, mission, and programs beginning in November 2000, although
as the Center for the Development of Human Services, it has existed since 1990. DCGA is guided
by a Strategic Plan first developed in July 2001 that the Board of Directors reviews yearly and
revises as necessary.
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History of DCGA - Find out where DCGA came from, and why.
The Vision - We need a million new Caregivers by 2008 and we have plan.
Board of Directors - Meet the professionals who turn the vision into reality.
Meet Judy Clinco - The woman behind DCGA
Meet Our Staff - These are people who make it all possible.
Supporting DCGA - Want to help us?
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