DATE: May 20, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Sanja Bugay, Director, Department of Social Services
David Tan, Executive Director, In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding for Service Employees International Union Local 2015
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Sitting as the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Governing Board:
1. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority and Service Employees International Union Local 2015, effective upon approval by the Public Authority Governing Board through three years from execution; and
2. Contingent upon approval of action one, review and approve FY 2024-25 In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Rate Change Request Packet (State Form SOC 449) for submission to the California Department of Social Services.
Sitting as the County of Fresno Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority and Service Employees International Union Local 2015, effective upon approval by the Public Authority Governing Board through three years from execution; and
2. Contingent upon approval of action one, review and approve FY 2024-25 In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Rate Change Request Packet (State Form SOC 449) for submission to the California Department of Social Services.
REPORT
There is additional ongoing Net County Cost associated with the Recommended Action of $8,469,569 starting with FY 2025-26 and upon the State approval of the recommendations. Approval of recommended action one allows for the execution of a new MOU with Service Employees International Union Local 2015 (SEIU 2015) which will increase the current wage supplement of $0.60 by an additional $1.25 for a total increase of $1.85 above minimum wage to the In-Home Supportive Service (IHSS) provider wages; and an increase to the current hourly health benefit ...
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