However, their letters have been ignored. Perhaps those in the Statehouse no longer read letters, but at least they still read newspapers. Service providers can only retain employees as good as the pay allows. Good employees are in high demand on the labor market.
Low wages discourage persons from entering the disability-service field.
Low rates from the state produce low wages in the community. Our elected leaders control the price of community service. They keep the price low. They drive good people from the field, thereby jeopardizing the future of quality community service and the lives of Kansas's most vulnerable citizens. Community disability-service providers have done all that lawmakers have asked.