Public Consulting Group (PCG) is pleased to announce two new applications to the Careify suite, a cloud-based, all-in-one software solution that offers quality enhancement and oversight tools that improve service delivery for individuals receiving home and community-based care (HCBS).

On January 21, 2021, Clark University in Worcester, MA, was awarded a $10 million apprenticeship grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to help provide workforce training for jobs in industries that are currently in demand, such as information technology (IT), manufacturing, and transportation.

On Thursday, January 7, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the Provider Reimbursement Review Board of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) lacked jurisdiction to consider hospitals’ objections to adjustments to some of their Medicare reimbursements carried out by the Secretary of DHHS.

In 2021, PCG will be working with the Child Care Services Association (CCSA) to start planning and developing North Carolina’s Early Childhood and School-Age (EC/SA) workforce registry. The registry will be a valuable resource for states to communicate with the EC/SA workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies.