在缺乏发展残疾服务的情况下,弗吉尼亚州照顾者要求获得更多资金和更高的工资。 Virginia caregivers demand more funding and higher wages for developmental disability services amid shortages.

弗吉尼亚州照顾者和倡导者对预算听证期间用于发展残疾服务的资金有限和等待名单过长表示关切。 Virginia caregivers and advocates raised concerns about limited funding and long waitlists for developmental disability services during a budget hearing. 他们呼吁增加支助协调员,提高服务提供者的薪酬,并停止对家庭护理工作者实行每小时16美元的上限。 They called for more support coordinators, higher pay for service providers, and the end of the $16-an-hour cap for home care workers. 弗吉尼亚教育协会还推动增加教师薪金和学校经费。 The Virginia Education Association also pushed for increased teacher salaries and school funding.