SUBJECT: Community Attendants Demand $15 per hour, Health Benefits and Respect for their Essential Work
WHO: Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas (PACT) ADAPT of Texas * Statewide grassroots disability rights organization advocating for the integration of people with disabilities of all ages.
WHAT: A Labor Day Virtual Event highlighting the DEMANDS of Community Attendants to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Texas Legislature.
WHEN: Mon, Sept 6th at 1pm central* noon mountain
WHERE: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87611487456?pwd=cTBoNnBETzRpRTRucWJyNjJxdkc1dz09
Meeting ID: 876 1148 7456 Passcode: 593343
Phone: 13462487799,,87611487456#
Facebook Live Event: https://fb.me/e/1y0Y7iIn3
WHY: OUR HOMES NOT NURSING HOMES!
There is a crisis in recruiting and retaining Community Attendants. People with disabilities and older Texans need Community Attendants to allow them to live in the community and Age in Place.
COMMUNITY ATTENDANTS ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
BUT GET LITTLE RECOGNITION OR RESPECT.
The base wage rate is $8.11 with no health benefits. The 87th Legislature did not appropriate any money to raise the base rate. HHSC has documented the need for Community Attendants however their latest request for federal funds did little to alleviate the crisis in recruiting and retaining Community Attendants. HHS has done nothing to protect attendants from COVID-19.
PACT/ADAPT of Texas will offer possible solutions at this event.