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which will now be funded through block grants awarded to the state. Acting welfare director Nancy Reeve described companion services as one of the most humane and cost effective programs administered by the welfare department. “It improves the quality of life for older people just tremendously.”
The block grant approach will leave companion services with a smaller slice of the federal pie, however, and as a result, the state welfare department ordered a 33 percent cut in the program, effective October 1.
Companion services gives elderly or disabled persons an alternative to nursing home care. For those who qualify, the welfare department provides a paid companion at $2.40 an hour—in many cases, someone on the welfare rolls—who can do the jobs
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