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Funding

Candid raises a new round of funding led by SLTC.

With participation from our earliest backers and Solera Senior Living as an early strategic partner, the round fuels Candid’s rollout across hundreds of healthcare organizations. “The team has designed a platform that addresses the entire talent lifecycle, equipping operators to hire smarter and move faster,” says Arnold Whitman, SLTC

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Candid TeamAnnouncement · May 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Candid × SLTC investment announcement
Raphael Rubens on the Senior Living Foresight podcast with Steve MoranPress

Raphael Rubens joins Steve Moran on the Senior Living Foresight podcast.

Speed matters in hiring. When frontline candidates wait days to hear back, many have already accepted another offer. Our founder discusses how Candid helps operators respond within minutes, strengthen 90 day retention, and turn resident feedback into action.

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Raphael RubensJul 29, 2026 · 4 min
Candid at the Florida Assisted Living Association conferenceEvent

Meet Candid at the Florida Assisted Living Association conference.

We help operators source, screen, schedule, and retain frontline employees through AI-powered phone and text conversations, including CoreQ and custom satisfaction surveys. Visit Booth 205 and meet Shalom Berkowitz, our Director of Sales & Growth.

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Candid TeamJul 28, 2026 · 2 min
Candid at the National Association for Health Care Recruitment conferenceEvent

Candid heads to NAHCR to meet healthcare recruiters.

AI-powered phone and text interviews, integrated directly with your ATS, help healthcare organizations screen and schedule frontline applicants faster. Visit Booth 312 at the National Association for Health Care Recruitment conference.

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Candid TeamJul 8, 2026 · 2 min
Florida CoreQ Consumer Satisfaction Survey requirementCompliance

Florida CoreQ requirement: Candid is an approved vendor.

Under Rule 59A-4.167, all licensed Florida nursing centers must administer CoreQ-based satisfaction surveys through an approved vendor by August 1. Candid runs the process end to end, from phone surveys to submission-ready reporting.

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Candid TeamJul 1, 2026 · 3 min
Brightly (WorxHub)Integration

Candid now integrates with Brightly (WorxHub).

Residents call Candid to report maintenance issues in a natural conversation; Candid structures the request, routes it into WorxHub, and follows up once the work order is done.

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Candid TeamJun 8, 2026 · 3 min
Candid × LCS partnership announcementPartnership

Collaborating with LCS on resident feedback.

In the first quarter, Candid supported 61 LCS communities and collected 1,000+ resident responses through AI-powered phone conversations, making feedback easier to collect and faster to act on.

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Candid TeamJun 4, 2026 · 3 min
Candid × Monarch Healthcare Management partnershipPartnership

Monarch Healthcare Management picks Candid for frontline hiring.

AI-powered phone and text interviews engage applicants on their schedule, evenings and weekends included, across Monarch’s 60+ communities. “Candid allows us to modernize hiring while maintaining the personal connections essential in senior care,” says Dan Strittmater, VP of Innovation

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Candid TeamJun 3, 2026 · 4 min
The Candid team at the SLEC 2026 boothCompany

Built from inside the community: Raphael Rubens at SLEC.

Our co-founder lived in a senior living community to experience operations firsthand. In conversation with Steve Moran, he shares how that shaped Candid’s approach to AI, reducing manual work, not human connection.

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Raphael RubensMay 27, 2026 · 5 min
Senior Living News article about CandidPress

Senior Living News covers Candid’s hiring results.

Solera Senior Living and Monarch are seeing 4× more hires from the same applicant pool, cutting time per applicant from 50 minutes to under 10, without adding headcount.

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Candid TeamMay 8, 2026 · 4 min
PointClickCareIntegration

Candid is live on the PointClickCare Marketplace.

Trigger surveys and workflows directly from PCC events, post move-in surveys on admission, exit feedback on discharge, incident follow-ups, with zero manual coordination.

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Candid TeamMay 4, 2026 · 3 min
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