@pacstx

Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas

 Austin Texas
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Joined December 2009
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We Agree @GovAbbott! Click here to tell TX lawmakers that DSPs who serve Texans with IDD in our communities need a raise to ensure our most vulnerable can receive the care they need ⬇ speak4.app/lp/vw01enyj/?ts=1… #TXSOTS25 #txlege #TimeToCareTX

Urge the Texas Legislature to Protect All Texans

Sign your name in support of Texas’ most vulnerable!

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Governor Abbott Press Office
@GovAbbottPress2 Feb 2025
Texas is focused on helping families. That means: ▪️Improving healthcare for Texans ▪️Expanding access & funding for mental healthcare ▪️Helping our seniors & Texans with disabilities by providing pay increases for caregivers ▪️Increasing maternal care #TXSOTS25
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FACT: Community-based IDD services are still facing the highest staff vacancy and turnover rates in history. Ensure Texans with IDD don’t get left behind. #txleg speak4.app/lp/nx01ps3l/?ts=1…

Urge the Texas Legislative Budget Board to Protect All Texans

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"Dignity for the vulnerable should also include dignity for their caregivers." dallasnews.com/opinion/edito…

Low wages for group home caregivers are hurting disabled Texans

Caregivers provide services to Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Yet, their base pay is $10.60 per hour. The Legislature should revisit the base pay in the 2025 session.

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‘People will die waiting’: America’s system for the disabled is nearing collapse politi.co/3paKiUE via @politico
Group homes and facilities that serve people with #disabilities were hurting for staffers before the pandemic. Now the nationwide job crunch and pandemic pressures are making it even worse. disabilityscoop.com/2021/09/… #specialneeds

Low Wages And Pandemic Gut Staffing Support For Those With Disabilities

Group homes and facilities that serve people with disabilities were hurting for staffers before the pandemic. Now the nationwide job crunch and pandemic pressures are making it even worse.

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An ambitious Biden administration plan to invest $400 billion to transform home and community-based services and get people with #disabilities off waiting lists is in jeopardy, advocates say. disabilityscoop.com/2021/07/… #specialneeds #reconciliation

Disability Advocates Warn $400 Billion Community-Based Services Plan Could Get Chopped

An ambitious Biden administration plan to invest $400 billion to transform home and community-based services and get people with disabilities off waiting lists is in jeopardy, advocates say.

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At this pivotal moment, we call on all lawmakers in Washington to support the inclusion of the full $400b proposal in the forthcoming reconciliation process. Doing so would signal that we are serious about investing in people with disabilities and the communities they call home.
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.@SenJaneNelson: Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
.@joanhuffman: Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
.@loiskolkhorst: Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
.@SenatorNichols: Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
.@senlarrytaylor: Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
'According to ANCOR, the average direct support professionals (DSPs) turnover rate for human services providers per state in 2020 exceeded 50 percent, in large part due to a median hourly wage for DSPs of just $12.09.' penncapital-star.com/comment…

Commentary: There’s a workforce crisis in human services that funding alone can’t fix | Opinion •...

How can we hire quality staff to support the individuals in our programs if we can’t offer them a living wage, let alone a quality rate?

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Texas passed legislation to increase the rate for I/DD services, providing much needed support for the community. We need to maintain that support by passing the NO COST rider to maintain fair rates. #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
After 11 years, #TXLege passed a much-needed rate increase for the Direct Support Professionals in TX. Let’s not go backwards! Maintain funding levels that help provide care to the most vulnerable Texans. tinyurl.com/4seen8k9 #SupportTheCaregivers
There are more than 196,000 jobs in Texas providing direct care for people with intellectual disabilities. These caregivers need our support, not a rate reduction. tinyurl.com/4seen8k9 #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
.@TerryWilsonTX: Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
.@RepWalle: Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
Support House HHSC Article II Rider 109 to protect rates for IDD services. This is a NO COST rider and supports Texans with developmental disabilities #TXlege | #Texas | #SupportTheCaregivers
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