Care is skilled work.
Let’s invest in it.
We train Philadelphia's caregivers. We help immigrant caregivers earn their CNA license. Your gift powers both.
Featured by Inti MediaWhy it matters
More Pennsylvanians need care. Fewer are there to give it.
1 in 5
Pennsylvanians is 65 or older
112,500+
home care shifts go unfilled every month
28%
of U.S. direct care workers are immigrants
We work on both sides: better care, and more caregivers.
Sources: Penn State Data Center (2024 Census estimates); Pennsylvania Office of Long-Term Living study (2025), via the Pennsylvania Homecare Association; PHI (2023 data).
WHAT WE DO
We teach the integrity of care.
For home care workers, family caregivers, and future Nursing Assistants.
Caregiver Training
The Integrity of Care. Five modules on the ethics and practice of care. For home care workers from any agency, and for family caregivers.
5 modules · 6–10 per cohort · PCA certificate for home care workers
CNA Licensure Pathway
Study groups, tech help, and test-day support for immigrant caregivers. Training runs through our partner school, Quality Caring Professionals.
Study groups · Exam prep · Test-day support
WHERE IT STARTED
It started at a kitchen table.
Caregivers studied for the CNA exam in a South Philly living room. Every week. Our CEO, Dr. Esther Castillo, opened her home. She helped with the tech. She drove students to the test center in the suburbs.Then the results came in.
“I was so excited, I can't explain.”
Vasili came to Philadelphia as a refugee from Myanmar. Esther called to tell her she'd passed. She's a CNA now.
Give this holiday
$250 puts a caregiver in the room.
COMMUNITY CARE
No one cares alone.
Holiday celebration with our caregiver community
Everyone who trains with us joins a community of care. A group chat, picnics, graduations. One rule: give and receive.
Kateryna, from Ukraine, on graduation day at Quality Caring Professionals, our CNA school partner
Community picnic with CNAs from our pathway program, now working in nursing homes
PARTNERS & PRESS
Penn Social Policy and Practice
Quality Caring Professionals
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