McLean County YWCA expands home care for veterans

Posted on November 10, 2017
YWCA
A few months after the local YWCA dropped its contract to provide home care services for low-income people because the state stopping paying for it, the agency has announced it has new coverage to provide home care for veterans. (WJBC file photo)

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County YWCA is launching a new program that enables it to provide home care services to veterans.

The YWCA has been designated as a preferred provider in which veterans can receive help with the tasks of family living at no cost to veterans who are eligible or through private pay.

“Everybody cares about their veterans, so this was really exciting for us to come across to be able to provide this little extra service that could be become free or no charge to those veterans and their surviving spouses,” Director of Marketing and Public Relations Christy Germanis said.

Germanis said the home services program will help fill the void for the agency after it canceled its state contract to provide home care services for low-income clients in August because it could no longer wait for the state to pay for it.

“With this type of program, we are going to be able to once again service those in need in our community and still be able to pay our staff and be able to pay our staff and be able to keep the doors open, so to speak,” Germanis said.

Qualified veterans and their spouse or surviving spouse may qualify for up to $25,525 in services per year.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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