About GoodLife U

GoodLife U was developed from the collaboration of GoodLife Innovations and the University of Kansas Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences. As a care provider, GoodLife was no stranger to the pain of staffing shortages, competition from other industries, wonky schedules, vacancies, and work-life balance. Over the years, we leveraged our partnership with KU to develop new, innovative workforce solutions that we share with other agencies through our consultancy.

Our Story

Our Approach

Our consultants work to create customized solutions for each organization we work with. We start with a free, no-commitment Workforce 101 course with our CEO. From there, we can work with your organization specifically to develop multiple plans of action based on our evidence-based solutions. Then, your organization chooses the plan forward and we work with you to implement it strategically and effectively. All of our methods have been researched and tested in our beta site, GoodLife Innovations.

Goodlife U Results

Our Results

$350k

Saved in Annual Payroll Costs

$3.08

Average Increase in Hourly DSP Wages With Existing Budgets

24,877

Hours of Increased DSP capacity

Case Studies

Chief Strategy & People Officer at Koinonia

The process to implement new schedules was HARD for staff and managers, not knowing all of the ‘why’ behind the changes being made. BUT NOW, those same staff are speaking up about how happy they are and about how their quality of life has improved tremendous...

Stacy Soria
Owner of VistaCare, Inc.

What we learned from the GoodLife team about schedules and pay strategies has made a huge impact here. We are still facing an uphill battle with the DSP crisis, but we feel armed and ready. Next we are preparing for integration with iLink, which is extremely exc...

Tim Frey
Chief Strategy & People Officer at Koinonia

The process to implement new schedules was HARD for staff and managers, not knowing all of the ‘why’ behind the changes being made. BUT NOW, those same staff are speaking up about how happy they are and about how their quality of life has improved tremendously. We even had a manager share that this week was the first time her schedule didn’t include direct care hours she had to cover – and stories like this are all over the place. I am so grateful we didn’t let the challenges of change keep us from all of the rewards.

Stacy Soria
Owner of VistaCare, Inc.

What we learned from the GoodLife team about schedules and pay strategies has made a huge impact here. We are still facing an uphill battle with the DSP crisis, but we feel armed and ready. Next we are preparing for integration with iLink, which is extremely exciting. Our industry faces real challenges, but partnering with GoodLife has been positive and empowering.

Tim Frey

The Research Behind Our Impact

GoodLife U consultants are also researchers. The solutions we create are developed from evidenced-based methodologies and approaches to care. We work in collaboration with the Kansas University Department of Applied Behavioral sciences.

Published Research

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