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Human-service workers urge permanent student loan repayment program to retain staff
Summary
Providers and workers asked the committee to back a loan‑repayment program for human‑service workers (H.283/S.119), citing large student debt, low median wages in the sector and high demand when one-time ARPA funds ran out.
Provider associations, union representatives and direct-service workers urged the Joint Committee to support a permanent loan‑repayment program for human‑service workers, saying the program would reduce turnover in a sector that supports hundreds of thousands of residents.
Bill Yolenak, president and CEO of the Providers Council, told the committee the sector includes more than 160,000 jobs in Massachusetts and that median wages…
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