$500
PANDEMIC
BENEFIT
For Baltimore City Long Term Direct Care Workers!
ATTENTION: Due to program interest and limited funding, the application has been paused. Should funds become available the application will be reopened. Check back periodically for updates and thank you for your interest in the Baltimore Pandemic Benefit Program for Baltimore City Long-Term Care Direct Care Workers.
Care Comes First Maryland along with 1199SEIU UHWE, the Healthcare Workers Union, has been fighting, have been fighting for 2+ years for Baltimore City Homecare and Nursing Home professionals to receive a Covid benefit and now it is finally happening! So many of us worked tirelessly through the pandemic, taking care of our clients while risking our own health, often for low wages - we deserve recognition.
This Covid benefit is just one small step in our plan to win fair wages and benefits for home care and nursing home caregivers. We are pushing for all workers to come together and form unions to improve our working conditions.
Mayor Brandon Scott of Baltimore City has allotted $2 million to be given in individual direct cash benefits of $500 for Baltimore City long term direct care workers.
Beneficiaries must meet all of the following qualifications to be eligible to receive the benefit:
Homecare Workers
Must have been a Resident of Baltimore City during employment period
Must have been employed by a Residential Services Agency on the Maryland State Department of Health’s list of approved agencies for a total of at least 6 weeks between March 1, 2020, through August 31, 2022.
Must be a HHA or PCA
Nursing Home Workers
Must have been a resident of Baltimore City during employment period
Must have been employed by a provider on the Maryland State Department of Health’s list of approved skilled nursing facilities for a total of at least 6 weeks between March 1, 2020, through August 31, 2022.
Must be a CNA, CMA, GNA, or LPN