Join us in responding to this alert from The New York Association on Independent Living, (NYAIL) …
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Join the NY Caring Majority now in calling for Governor Hochul to end the home care crisis and include Fair Pay for Home Care in her Executive Budget proposal!
We are LIVE NOW calling on Governor Hochul to end the home care crisis by including Fair Pay for Home Care in the executive budget.
Check out our toolkit to AMPLIFY our “United in Support of Fair Pay for Home Care” press conference!
In her State of the State, Gov Hochul announced her goal to end the healthcare worker shortage — however, she did not allocate any funding for home care workers, and she did not provide any wage increases to home care workers.
As we speak, elected leaders, 1199 SEIU, AARP and Caring Majority leaders from across the state are making clear the Governor cannot end the health care shortage without raising wages for home care workers.
Help us signal boost and amplify our message:
Share our livestream along with why you are fighting for #FairPay4HomeCare, or use the sample posts below.
Livestream: find it at the top of our Facebook page
Sample posts for Twitter & Facebook (More sample posts and a share graphic can be found HERE):
1. New from the office of @RachelMayNY: 60% of open health care jobs are in the home care sector, and the driving cause of the home care shortage is low wages. Include #FairPay4HomeCare in the executive budget @GovKathyHochul
2. The support for #FairPay4HomeCare is overwhelming. Over 110 bipartisan co-sponsors! It’s time to address NY’s worst-in-the-nation home care workforce shortage by paying these essential workers a living wage @GovKathyHochul
3. Huge: If NY starts paying home care workers a living wage, we can generate $5.4 *billion* for the state and close a major workforce shortage. Help us pass #FairPay4HomeCare @GovKathyHochul
Our collective voice will be heard!
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If you are interested disability advocacy issues, contact Colleen Downs, Systems Advocate at:
colleen@ncci-online.com
518-563-9058 Ext. 110
The Mission of the North Country Center for Independence is to help people with disabilities to live more independent and productive lives, and promote better policies and community understanding of disability issues. NCCI serves people with disabilities, families, and the community on issues related to physical and mental disabilities. NCCI is led and staffed mostly by people with disabilities. It is one of the 41 Independent Living Centers in New York State. There are also hundreds of similar centers throughout the United States. NCCI serves Clinton and Essex Counties, New York.