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Care providers and advocates tell supervisors IHSS needs higher pay and staffing to avoid gaps in in‑home care
Summary
In public comment, IHSS care providers and advocates urged the Solano County Board of Supervisors to secure higher pay and better benefits in upcoming negotiations, citing staffing shortages and unfilled care hours that left clients without services.
Scores of in‑home supportive services (IHSS) providers, union representatives and recipients addressed the Solano County Board of Supervisors during public comment to urge a stronger contract for IHSS care providers and to highlight a worker shortage that speakers said is leaving vulnerable residents without necessary home care.
Speakers and claims Leticia Guzman, who identified herself as the chair negotiator for IHSS workers, told the board Solano…
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