In a country where the historic (as well as current) racism has blocked opportunities and blocked dreams for too many people, this investment also provides opportunities for community-building and diverse new leadership and careers. Some of this is through the child welfare or juvenile justice systems dealing with systemic youth and some of this is through home visiting and family support and education that seeks to be proactive and preventive.The pandemic has laid bare just how hard it is for people in this country to find access to quality caregiving they need for themselves, or to juggle the responsibilities of working and also caring for family members. Many are putting themselves in harm’s way, and most are working above and beyond their expected job descriptions. Rather than looking upon such caregivers as a grudgingly necessary expenditure of public funds and at the lowest level of the job hierarchy, we really need to look at this as an investment in our economic vitality and prosperity.It may or may not receive the media attention or the public dialogue it deserves during the campaign, but presidential candidate Joe Biden’s “Plan for Mobilizing American Talent and Heart to Create a 21st Century Caregiving and Education Workforce” represents the type of bold vision that has the potential to reshape and fundamentally improve our society.This plan is every bit as ambitious as the New Deal at the time of the depression or the New Frontier/War on Poverty/Great Society efforts of the 1960s. It also would create more civil public dialogue and bridge and could even reduce some of the polarization that has occurred in American politics.It is child care workers who may have been laid off, but still call the families to see how the children are doing.It is pediatric offices that provide drive-through vaccinations, provide segregated and sanitized waiting rooms, do additional outreach and call-ins to families, and conduct virtual well-child visits to provide additional guidance and help. HeartlandDiaryUSA.com News Every Conservative Can Use. Join Us . […]The benefits of investments in these caregivers accrue to the individuals they serve, but they also should be recognized as doing much more.It is special education teachers who call the children and families and continue to provide instruction and guidance in meeting special needs.Overall, Biden proposes a new federal investment — $775 billion over the next decade – to make this a reality, including uplifting the current workforce in its compensation and career advancement opportunities and creating 1.5 million additional jobs in the caring fields.In this current pandemic, those helpers have been nurses and community health workers who continue to check-in on those homebound and with existing health needs and conditions. America’s character.I don’t believe we’re the dark, angry nation we see in Donald Trump’s tweets.Joe Biden is rolling through Iowa and lighting up Trump as a Putin Puppet before the president’s rally in the Hawkeye State.Anyone who tells you that they know who is going to win Iowa is lying. Iowa is built for Bernie Sanders and the experience of running in 2016 should help him on Monday, but the Democratic primary is so much more than Iowa and New Hampshire.Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science AssociationBiden is the only candidate who is making a consistent argument on the issue that voters care most about, and that is beating Donald Trump.Trump is coming to Iowa in an effort to upstage the Iowa caucus, but Biden met him at the door with a stinging attack on a president who appeals to the worst in the American nature and acts like he is owned by Putin. Author. Justin Haskins. For those who see the need for fundamental change and not going back to the old normal, this is a key component of a strategy to do so.Because many of these caregivers and helpers serve those who are most vulnerable and infirm, they require public financing and investment. Politicians need to listen to, value, and develop platforms for this part of the electorate every bit as much (or more) than they do for those (often the wealthiest most looking out for their own self-interest) who currently too often are the source for policy. Bleeding Heartland is a community blog about Iowa politics: campaigns and elections, state government, social and environmental issues. Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign is linked to and echoing the messaging of a left-wing globalist agenda branded as the “Great Reset,” said Justin Haskins, editorial director and research fellow at the Heartland Institute. In Haskins opinion, the plan will lead to a complete disaster. Something even more important. It is true that “there are always helpers,” but that does not mean that we support them to be sure than can provide all the essential help that is needed.Readers can support independent journalism and help cover reporting costs, such as public records requests, by contributing here. Not only is the compensation low, which leads to high turnover and financial stress on the worker and worker’s family, the caseloads are high and the support (in terms of supervision, training, and frontline resources to do their work) insufficient to do more than triage for a fraction of those who could benefit. Joe Biden is rolling through Iowa and lighting up Trump as a Putin Puppet before the president's rally in the Hawkeye State.