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Austin Public Health outlines options, cost estimates to apply city living wage to social‑service contracts
Summary
APH presented a multiyear implementation plan and survey results showing variable impacts of applying the city living wage ($21.63) to social‑service contracts; staff estimated a range of costs and offered narrower and broader implementation scenarios for council consideration.
At the May 15 Public Health Committee meeting, Austin Public Health staff briefed councilmembers on a multiyear plan to apply the city living wage to future social‑service solicitations and shared results from a vendor survey and preliminary cost analyses.
Laura La Fuente, assistant director of Austin Public Health, said the guidance from the budget process directed APH to develop an “implementable multi year plan for applying the city's living wage for all future solicitations for social services.” La Fuente told the committee that APH convened discussions with Travis County and Central Health; Travis County indicated it would be unable to update contract living‑wage requirements, and Central Health staff noted funding relationships differ by provider.
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