The Master’s Touch Home Care, INC Provider ID: 201323570A has been selected to receive a Direct Service Workforce Investment Grant  The total amount will be distributed in three equal quarterly payments starting January 30, 2023-June 2023. The total award amount for each provider is calculated based on a flat percentage rate of 9% applied to SFY 2022 paid claims expenditures.

As a part of the grant requirements, The Master’s Touch is required to do the following:

1. Direct 95% of the grant funding to direct service workers.
2. Develop a plan for how they will direct grant funding to direct service workers. Completed plans must be posted to the provider’s public-facing website and submitted in the attestation no later than Dec. 22, 2022.
3. Respond to a final grant impact survey that captures how the dollars were spent. The impact survey will be issued in June 2023 at the same time as the third round of grant funding.
4. Obligate money from each round prior to receiving the next round of funding.
5. Comply fully with the HCBS Settings Rule

The spend plan for The Master’s Touch:

Increase all employees hourly rate to a minimum of $15.00 per hour.

Provide monthly gas cards to all employees.

Provide monthly reimbursement for cell phones for all employees in the amount.

Provide transportation vouchers to employees that need temporary assistance to get to work. 

Provide food vouchers to employees that are in need.

Provide one time financial assistance with childcare for employees. 

Provide increased PTO time for all eligible employees. 

Provide incentive- vacation package to decrease employee stress.