“Lemoyne, PA (February 5, 2025) – The Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) is deeply disappointed that Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget provides a funding increase for only 6% of home care workers – those in the participant-directed service model where participants self-manage workers to provide their care.
However, this proposal disregards more than 270,000 direct care workers who deliver the same services, called Personal Assistance Services, through the “agency model” where a provider organization recruits and manages the workforce on behalf of the care recipient. This also completely disregards thousands of nurses who provide shift nursing services to adults and children with medically complex needs.
“PHA members across the state are genuinely and gravely concerned. An increase that completely ignores 94% of the workforce fails to acknowledge the crisis our members experience every day,” said Mia Haney, CEO of Pennsylvania Homecare Association.”