Home and Community-based Services Workforce Advisory Council: Final Workforce Recommendations
December 14, 2010 The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) and Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) have recommended that to stabilize the home- and community-based services (HCBS) workforce, the state should implement rate-setting methodologies for these direct service workers with a base wage of $10 per hour. To address the lack of benefits, the state should design, create, and implement a health benefit buy-in project for uninsured direct service workers (DSWs) providing HCBS. Download the Report . . .
