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IHSS provider urges supervisors to back higher pay to avoid care shortages
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.
"Our life saving work deserves better pay, and our clients deserve the quality we can provide," Van Coulson said. He told supervisors that with about 43,000 providers and more than 51,000 authorized recipients countywide, insufficient pay risks pushing clients into nursing homes and personal care facilities.
Van Coulson said providers will continue to return to county meetings until supervisors offer "a real and respectable offer" in negotiations, adding that providers are fighting for pay that reflects the work's value.
The transcript records no formal county response or immediate commitment to negotiate at the meeting; the comment stands as a public plea for supervisory support and further bargaining.
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