Direct Care Staffing Crisis

The Story Behind GoodLife University

Our History

Our healthcare workforce consulting is a natural outgrowth of our mission at GoodLife Innovations. 

GoodLife U was developed from the collaboration of GoodLife Innovations and the University of Kansas Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences. Over the years, we’ve leveraged our partnership with KU to develop new, innovative workforce solutions, staffing approaches, pay strategies, and service models to help revolutionize the way nonprofit care providers operate.

Our workforce consulting is a natural outgrowth of our mission at GoodLife Innovations. GoodLife Innovations’ services aim to empower people to live as independently as possible, no matter how much support they need. GoodLife U is dedicated to supporting the direct care professionals who empower those people and developing new and innovative ways to provide high-quality care.

GoodLife Innovations is a nonprofit care provider and serves as our beta site for research and testing the models that we develop. For more than four decades, our partnership with KU has allowed us to assess, train, and continually improve our models to ensure they’re replicable for other organizations.

Since 2018, we’ve worked with organizations across the nation to help hundreds of individuals receive better care.

Our Services

Workforce Consulting

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Technology Solutions

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Training & Education

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Policy Advocacy

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Our Mission

The mission of GoodLife U is to deliver proven workforce strategies and solutions that improve the stability and capacity of the direct-support, hourly workforce for care providers nationwide.

We’ve seen the difference that reimagining service models and systems has on an agency. We’ve dedicated ourselves to workforce consulting with care providers across the nation to implement lasting, research-based organizational solutions.

Our Values

Building Better Systems

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Improve The Capacity of Your Workforce

Meet with our nonprofit consulting team to discover how your organization can overcome the current DSP staffing crisis.

Meet Our Experts

GoodLife U’s team is comprised of experts with extensive education and experience in program design, non-profit management, and business development. Each member of our team brings their unique passion and insight to our work.

Our board of directors is a diverse advisory council that provides a wealth of expertise in primary health, social service, finance, business, and more.

Our Team

Work with GoodLife U

Interested in making a difference through non-profit healthcare consulting? Do you have a passion for organization and program development? We want to hear from you to learn more about your skills and your visions for change. Visit our careers page to begin making that difference with GoodLife U.

Careers

Consulting

GoodLife U On the Road

Our consultants regularly attend events across the country to discuss our workforce solutions. See the events we're going to be at next or request that we visit your next conference! Our consultants can visit your organization to provide insight into your unique situation and help you move toward positive change.