Being Paid to Care

The Road to Seven

“You have to be in it for the right reason.”

— Ariana Jackson

Ariana Jackson has a long history of supporting the vulnerable in her community. After adopting her daughter and closing down their therapeutic foster home, Ariana co-founded an assisted living home to support a friend’s foster son who was aging out of foster care and facing homelessness.

When Ariana realized how challenging the process was, she also realized her desire to make a larger impact.

She started the Direct Care CEO Facebook group and began offering masterclasses to help direct care professionals build thriving practices and improve the lives of those in need.

Her trainings include not only how to get licenced, but how to navigate the complex Medicaid system and scale up.

“What I believe sets me apart from other coaches out there that may do the same thing is I’m building this component in for not only starting, but for the future,” Ariana explains. “The future to grow, and to scale, and to implement systems in their business.”

In‌ ‌this‌ ‌episode of the Road to Seven podcast,‌ ‌you’ll discover:‌ ‌

• The biggest lessons Ariana learned on her journey
• The challenges Ariana faced — and how she overcame them
• The differences between fostering and therapeutic fostering

About Ariana Jackson

Ariana Jackson is a former direct support professional by way of therapeutic foster parent. In the past, she was frustrated and overwhelmed while trying to understand how to get her business in care started. After identifying her strengths of advocacy, connection, and communication, she put the foundation in place to elevate as a direct support professional, and became CEO and co-founder of a home- and community-based agency. Now, she helps people navigate and start their own direct care businesses.

Highlights:‌ ‌

02:26 Meet Ariana Jackson

04:22 Fostering definitions

07:12 The support Ariana offers

08:55 Challenges

12:24 Faith & passion

16:19 Big lessons

17:35 Care & training

20:10 What’s next?

21:43 What she knows now

Links:‌ ‌

Ariana Jackson

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dsptoceo

https://www.mrsarianajay.com

Instagram: @mrs.arianajay

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