Roy Gedat
Please visit our Legislation Action Center and ask your representative to support H.R. 868. It will only take a minute or two of your time.
The DCA’s board of directors has endorsed the Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2009.
The bill, also known as H.R. 868, (PDF) offers cash-strapped states a way to increase the pay of one part of the crucial and underpaid direct care workforce. It was sponsored by Lois Capps (D-CA) and Lee Terry (R-NE).
“The Direct Care Alliance board has voted in support of this bill because it is fundamental to our belief that increasing wages is an essential remedy to the workforce crisis,” says Board Chair Vera Salter.
Please join the Direct Care Alliance, our National Direct Care Partnership, and ANCOR, our advocacy partner on this bill, in asking your representatives in Congress to support H.R. 868.
Hearing from you, their constituent, will bring this issue to their attention and tell them that voters care about whether they support it. It may even influence a member to become a co-sponsor.
For more information on H.R.868, visit ANCOR’s website. And if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me.
Roy Gedat
National Advocacy Director
Direct Care Alliance
I just went and took action. I urge everyone to do the same. The only way change willl happen is if we make ourselves heard.
Two very important Web sites to help bolster this mission:
http://www.WhoWillCare.net
and
http://www.YouNeedToKnowMe.org
I hope you can stop by help support the passage of H.R. 868. Thanks.