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The goal of the Disability Policy Collaboration is to impact national public policy for people with developmental disabilities, including those with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, and their friends, families and loved ones.

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Direct Care Personnel

Union Report Shows Wage Crisis Facing Direct Support Workers

A report entitled, "Cheating Dignity: The Direct Care Wage Crisis in America", by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and the paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, provides a detailed analysis of how our nation fails to pay our critical direct-care staff "self-sufficient" wages and benefits. The report examines 1999 national and state median hourly wage and employment estimates for the three major categories of paraprofessional (direct-care) aide workers included in the US Bureau of Labor’s occupational employment categories.

Source: Informational Digest, Fall 2001, Irwin Siegel Agency