аЯрЁБс>ўџ *,ўџџџ)џџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅС%` №Пbjbj•й•й .їГїГ џџџџџџЄЄЄЄЄЄЄЄИмммм№ ИВЖуууUWWWWWWhhаЎWЄ_уу__WЄЄлl   _ЄЄU _U  ЄЄ ќ €ЋфurШмu U‚0В ~…v~ ~Є DуZ=@ }4БЎуууWWћуууВ____ИИИ$мИИИмИИИЄЄЄЄЄЄџџџџ  Senate Commerce Committee Prepared by Greg Jones February 19, 2008 I am in of support Senate Bill 466. While the minimum wage for many Kansans is a mere $2.65 per hour many people within the State work for much less. Often these Workers earn only pennies per day doing piece-rate work. Troubling is the fact that the State of Kansas subsidizes this practice of substandard pay. Through the Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) providers are allowed, and encouraged financially, to segregate people with developmental disabilities into sheltered workshop settings or into on-site settings referred to as enclaves. The HCBS provider bids projects for private business both in and outside the sheltered workshop. As private business utilizes this cheap labor the individuals doing the actual work are paid by the provider on a piece rate basis. The piece rate pays fall even below the current$2.65. Many individuals are working for literally pennies per day. Troubling is that while selling the labor of people with developmental disabilities for pennies on the dollar providers bill the state of Kansas from between $36.64 to $97.52 per individual per day for “Day Services”. The provider groups individuals to complete demeaning tasks for little or no pay while they experience significant windfalls. Troubling is the fact that as a people we allow people with developmental disabilities to be exploited in this sweatshop manner. As a people we would not tolerate this happening to our children or any minority group. Yet we allow this exploitation of people with developmental disabilities to take place in almost every community within our state. The operators of these workshops might try to convince you that “those” people are unable to work competitively or that we must train people with developmental disabilities to do some repetitive task regardless of its value. I believe otherwise. Should people with developmental disabilities not be able to work competitively, need we exploit them as cheap labor? Need we segregate them for any reason? Actual pay receipts for an individual working in a piece rate fall far short of the current$2.65 hour. Paychecks are often times less that what the provider charges them for transportation to and from the jobsite. With the current reimbursement rates providers can receive from $845- $2244 per month per individual while the individual doing the work receives a very small fraction of that in pay. Most individuals working for piece rate do not earn enough to purchase their groceries or pay their light bill. To conclude I am in support of SB 466. It brings us all one step closer to some sense equity in Kansas culture. Greg Jones 620-423-9156 @A…ЧШвj q   % . 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