Help Wanted: The Future of the Human Services Workforce in Massachusetts
April 2006
The UMass Donahue Institute has released the study, “Help Wanted: The Future of the Human Services Workforce in Massachusetts” commissioned by The Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc. Presented at the Council’s annual conference, the report answers questions about the size of the human services sector and its workforce, corresponding contributions to the state economy and the expected need for more services and workers in the industry. The study finds that demand for human service workforce is expected to grow 37.5 percent between 2004 and 2014.
