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Committee probes home‑care aide program, $15M municipal allocation and waiting list
Summary
Witnesses told the committee about an 1,658-person departmental waiting list for home‑care aides and a $15 million recovery-fund allocation distributed to municipalities; officials said municipalities received funds directly and the department will monitor use.
During the April 30 budget hearing, legislators pressed Department of the Family leaders about home‑care aides ("amas de llaves" / auxiliares de hogar) for older adults and whether the department or municipalities handle contracts and payments.
Secretary Susan Roy Fuentes and AFAN Administrator Wilmar T. Rivera said the department currently serves roughly 1,439 adults directly and has a waiting list that the department reported in the hearing as 1,658 people (the administrators later supplied a slightly updated…
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