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IHSS provider urges supervisors to back higher pay to avoid care shortages
Orange County Board of Supervisors · March 25, 2025
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Summary
An IHSS provider from Garden Grove told the board low pay is driving shortages and warned that failing to raise compensation could force clients into nursing homes; the speaker urged supervisors to "come to the table with a real and respectable offer."
Michael Van Coulson, an In‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) provider from Garden Grove, told the board that IHSS providers work long hours and that inadequate pay is causing shortages that threaten client care.
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