Direct care workers for older adults and people with disabilities in Wisconsin will get pay raises after a more than 250-million-dollar investment from the state.
Governor Tony Evers says he’s directing the state Department of Health Services to invest in a minimum fee schedule for direct care workers. This will create between a 15- and 40-percent wage increase for the workers, who help almost 57-thousand patients statewide. Minimum rate schedules will start in October.
