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Nonprofit leaders urge indexed funding to stop workforce crisis; alliance asks for inflation‑based approach
Summary
A day of testimony before the Appropriations Committee focused on chronic underfunding of nonprofit human‑service providers, with multiple agencies urging Senate Bill 15‑47 to guarantee annual increases. Witnesses described high turnover, program closures and vacancies tied to wages that trail state salaries and inflation.
We have submitted testimony on several bills on your agenda. We're in support of Senate Bill 15 51, funding for the arts. We've submitted, will submit comments on your special education bills. I wanna spend my time today talking about 2 bills. 1 is House Bill 72 54, the Medicaid rate bill that others have been speaking about so far.
Why it matters: leaders of group‑home operators, developmental‑disability providers, mental‑health agencies, early‑childhood and youth organizations and home‑care agencies told lawmakers that chronic underfunding has produced a workforce emergency. Common reports across testimony: frequent staff vacancies, program closures, use of high‑cost pool staffing, and staff who hold two or three jobs — sometimes while receiving public benefits — because…
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