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TEHAMA COUNTY IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY - Social Services Director Bekkie Emery
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Request approval and authorization for the Executive Director of Public Authority to sign and submit the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority/Non-Profit Consortium Rate change package, which notifies California Department of Social Services of the $.25 wage increase for In-Home Supportive Services providers from $17.50 to $17.75 per hour plus estimated payroll taxes, effective 7/1/25
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Financial Impact:
The increased pay for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers will raise the cost of the County’s annual IHSS Maintenance of Effort (MOE). The IHSS MOE is paid by Social Services each fiscal year, and it is intended to pay the County’s share of the IHSS providers’ wages.
Currently providers are paid a wage of $17.50 per hour, which includes $16.50 minimum wage plus the first year negotiated pay increase of $1.00 beginning July 1, 2024. The fiscal year (FY) 2024/25 Final IHSS MOE is estimated to be $2,873,355. The estimated County cost of the $1.00 increase is $313,029.
This is the second year of a locally negotiated three-year pay rate increase. Beginning July 1, 2025, the provider pay increases by $.25, up to $17.75. This is $1.25 above minimum wage. The IHSS MOE is projected to be $3,073,173, which includes $81,619 for the increase and the 4% inflation factor.
Beginning this second year (FY 2025/26) of the pay increase, the County is choosing to initiate the “10% increase over a three-year period” option. This enables the State to share in the cost that is more than $1.10 above minimum wage. Without this option, the County cost would be even higher to include the State’s share of the increased cost, likely resulting in the need for additional County General Fund.
In the third year of this negotiated pay increase, with an additional $.25 pay increase in FY 2026/27, the MOE is estimated to total $3,284,379. The annual 4% inflation factor will be added each fiscal year ongoing.
Background Information:
This increase is per the Memorandum of Understanding between the Tehama County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 2015, approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 2, 2024, in effect March 19, 2024, to March 18, 2027. This action is being taken in accordance with the Public Authority Resolution 2024-01.
The request for pay increases will be submitted to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) at least 60, but not more than 90 days before their effective dates. Rate changes take effect the first day of the month following approval, per California Welfare and Institutions Code section 12306.1(b).
Upon approval of the rate package, CDSS initiates the providers’ pay increase and calculates the official increase for the IHSS MOE.