ALBANY, N.Y. — On March 13 at
11:00 a.m., Strong Nonprofits for a Better New York—a statewide
coalition of more than 350 nonprofit human services providers—will host a
press conference
at the state capitol's Million Dollar Staircase to call for increased funding for wages in nonprofit
contracts.
More than 80% of human services workers are
women, and many are women of color (44 percent of the total), making
their chronically low wages a key equity issue. According to the organization, Governor Cuomo and the
Legislature have an obligation to address this issue
head-on in the current budget.
Strong Nonprofits is asking the state to fund
the minimum wage on direct contracts and to provide salary increases for
human services workers who were not covered in last year’s direct care
increase.
The coalition will also host a “Women in Human
Services Hall of Fame,” in honor of Women’s History Month, where they
will highlight notable women in human services from past to present
times. Honorees were nominated by legislators
and community members.
The following will be in attendance: Assemblymember Inez Dickens (A.D. 70), Assemblymember Patricia Fahy (A.D. 109), Assemblymember Shelley Mayer (A.D. 90), Assistant Speaker Felix W. Ortiz (A.D. 51), Assemblymember Luis R. Sepulveda (A.D. 87), Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (A.D. 52), Assemblymember Angelo Santabarbara (A.D. 111), Assemblymember Michaelle C. Solages (A.D. 22), Senator Timothy M. Kennedy (S.D. 63), Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and Executive Director, FPWA, Allison Sesso, Executive Director, Human Services Council, and members of the Strong Nonprofits for a Better New York coalition.
Source: Mercury
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