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NAC Research
ANCOR engaged Joseph Lubarsky and his team at BDO Seidman to examine the issues regarding wage and wage parity in community base provision of services to people with Developmental Disabilities. Mr. Lubarsky is well known in Congress for his studies related to long term care and the nursing home industry. The Task Force believed that this credibility would be crucial as the National Advocacy Campaign worked the halls in the Washington and to State Reps and members as they lobbied in State Capitals. Over a period of 18 months study took shape. None of the findings will come as a shock to professionals in our field, we are losing ground against those who compete with us for our workforce. A decade ago, our wages while not fully competitive with state employees and nursing homes using similar skill sets, were close. Throughout the decade we have seen that rough parity fall apart with growth in state wages far outstripping our employees. Perhaps more troubling is the erosion in our wages in the last several years, particularly when nursing home wages have begun to catch up with those of the state facilities. Finally, our positions have barely kept pace with the growth in the minimum wage and the effect that has had on other jobs. Wages in fast food, are growing faster than our own industry. The cost of the failure to keep pace with this growth is obvious. Talented individuals whom we train are quickly lured to other jobs offering better wages. This comes at a time when we are asked by states to meet the needs of people with increasingly complex needs. No one involved with the provision of direct care to people with disabilities can say they are shocked by this but the hard data lends value in our quest to educate funders. For the first time we can say with certainty and sources we can rely on that this is more than our feeling, it is hard cold fact.
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