Caregiver compensation for Utahns with disabilities, but the money could run out
An idea that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic has helped hundreds of families with a loved one who has disabilities, but now is in danger of running out of funding.
and last updated 2021-07-28 01:15:23-04
SALT LAKE CITY â An idea that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic has helped hundreds of families with a loved one who has disabilities, but now is in danger of running out of funding. Caregiver compensation, which provides a small amount of money for a family member to stay home and provide care for someone, has been funded by the state through the end of August. But it depends on whether the federal government grants a Medicaid waiver and authorizes the use of American Rescue Plan Act money to keep it going beyond then.
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KUER A housing specialist with the Utah Department of Workforce Services told Utah legislators Tuesday the solution to the state’s affordable housing problems wasn’t as simple as building more houses. He said stagnant wages were also part of the issue.
The solution to Utah’s affordable housing crisis isn’t to build more housing, which is the state’s current approach.
That’s what David Fields, a housing specialist with the Utah Department of Workforce Services, told state legislators during a presentation Tuesday.
“We can’t assume that if we just build and build, there ll be a trickle-down effect,” Fields said. “It s just not empirically tenable.”