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Amid Inflation and Increased Demand, Human Services Workers Struggle with Burnout

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  • Mary
    Posted September 5, 2022 at 9:41 pm

    I really appreciate this well written article, as I am also a human service worker. I also have collaborated with Encore Meals on Wheels Coordinators on behalf of some of the older adults that I worked with in the past. They do excellent work. Ms. Salazar and all Encore workers need to become unionized. I found Mr. Kaplan’s comments interesting because he did not mention that they use a lot of volunteers to deliver the meals. They received millions of dollars for the meals on wheels program and could afford to allocate more funds to pay people a livable wage.
    Selfhelp Community Service which works with Encore to deliver meals to seniors on the Westside of Manhattan brought in about 100 million dollars in revenue in 2021. Mr. Stuart Kaplan the CEO earned $696,000. Check out the Propublica.org website (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/131624178)) to find out how much these nonprofit CEOs earn compared to their front-line essential workers. Nonprofit human services workers unite.

  • bloxorz
    Posted January 16, 2023 at 12:33 am

    I know there will be some organizations that can meet the requirements of human services workers, but the number is too small. Mary had a good share as a person doing this job.

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