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Mental Health Update

January 8, 2024
Mental Health Update

Why We Need the 3.2%


Very powerful messaging from Northern Rivers about the need for the 3.2.% COLA.

  1. You don’t need Human Services until you REALLY need us. Make sure we’re at full strength when you do. Support the 3.2% Human Services COLA.
  1. “The worker who saved my family makes too much money!” said no one ever. Support the 3.2% Human Services COLA.
  1. Human Services professionals give hope to people in their most desperate hour. Let’s make sure our workforce has hope too. Support the 3.2% COLA.
  1. Human Services is powered by people. Show them that NYS cares about them. Support the 3.2% Human Services COLA.
  1. Human Services workers appreciate your thanks for their life-changing work. They’d appreciate being able to pay their bills even more. Support the 3.2% COLA.
  1. After a decade of “wait till next year” we can’t afford to wait any more. We need a 3.2% Human Services COLA to find and keep the workforce NYS deserves.
  1. Advanced degrees, midnight shifts, and heart-wrenching cases. That’s life as a Human Services worker. Let’s show them we care. Support the 3.2% COLA.
  1. Support New Yorkers experiencing abuse, neglect, mental health challenges, addiction, hunger, and domestic violence. Support the 3.2% Human Services COLA.