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This alert comes from the New York Association on Independent Living and NY Caring Majority …
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We need your stories to show the real impact of the home care crisis on the lives of disabled New Yorkers across the State.
Legislators are calling us asking for more stories about why their constituents need Fair Pay for Home Care. We need you to take 5 minutes to share your personal story today by filling out this form.
Legislators need to hear why you need fair pay 4 home care. Share your story today! #FairPay4HomeCare.
Why do you personally need our movement to win Fair Pay for Home Care, winning a living wage for home care workers and ending the workforce shortage?
We are hearing from legislators that what they need to advocate for us is to hear the personal impact and experiences of those directly impacted by the home care workforce shortage and low wages. Share your story here.
Stories are our organizing superpower.
Over the last couple weeks, leaders have shared their stories at budget hearings across the state about what it is like to live without adequate home care or wages, and those stories, as always, are working.
We are securing more co-sponsors, but more importantly, we are securing more champions who are willing to stand up and be as loud as we need if we are going to win.
Take 5 minutes to fill out our storytelling form. Then think, who do you know who is unable to get out of a nursing home due to the home care crisis? Who is stuck at home without the long-term services and supports they need to live safely and independently in the community? Let's reach out to those folks and help them share their stories as well! Can you help them fill it out over a phone call if needed?
Your stories are how we will win.
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If you are interested this or other 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.