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Penn-Mar boosts starting wages for health care workers to $15.50 an hour
Baltimore Sun 2 hrs ago Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun
Penn-Mar Human Services, a nonprofit serving people with disabilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania, plans to boost starting hourly wages for its front-line workers to $15.50 an hour, a $2.50 per hour raise aimed at attracting and keeping employees.
All “direct support professionals,” including entry-level and those already working at higher wages, will get a wage increase, the organization said Thursday. These employees work one-on-one with clients to help them do things independently.
Penn-Mar, founded by 12 families in 1981, serves nearly 2,000 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities each year in Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Frederick counties and in southern York county in Pennsylvania. It offers day programs, employment services, residential services in group homes and support for people living
Penn-Mar Human Services, a non-profit organization serving people with disabilities, plans to boost starting hourly wages for its frontline workers to $15.50 an hour, a $2.50 per hour raise aimed at attracting and keeping employees.