AKALAKA, fiscally sponsored by Upstream Works
The Care Partner Security Collective: Professionalizing the Invisible Workforce
We are transforming 53 million unpaid family caregivers into a credentialed workforce with portable benefits, creating a secure "workplace culture" within the American home.
The home is the largest unregulated workplace. Upstream Works and AKALAKA are launching the Care Partner Security Collective. This portable benefits platform trains and hires family caregivers as Certified Peer Facilitators. By embedding a Workforce Sustainability Surcharge into Medicaid contracts, we fund portable paid time off and training. This model optimizes public funds by converting high-turnover crisis spending into high-retention preventative infrastructure, establishing dignity and economic security for the essential workforce powering the care economy.
Primary Barrier
The Broken Rung
Location
North Carolina
Solution Region
South Atlantic
Annual Operating Budget
Less than $1 Million
