As a CARF Accredited and Medicaid Waiver Service provider, we offer unique services for your loved ones.
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Our clients are our friends, and currently, we have over 250 friends ages 5 through 85 that participate in our programs.
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Inclusion is one of the key pillars of the Happiness Bag’s “friends-first” approach to learning and play.
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Direct Service Workforce Investment Grant
Happiness Bag knows that our Direct Support Professionals are essential and the driving force in providing daily, in-person supports for our friends and family to live, work and fully participate in their community. The Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) dedicated $130 million to a direct service workforce investment grant to be funded by the pandemic relief funding from the federal government. 95% of the funds received from this grant will go directly to eligible Happiness Bag employees.
Happiness Bag applied for this opportunity and received notification in mid January that we were awarded a grant. These funds will be passed directly along to all eligible employees in the form of bonuses, gift cards, retention activities, training, and recruitment of new employees. Additionally, Happiness Bag will work to provide opportunities for employee education and a savings plan to be announced at a later date, once all plans are finalized.
This grant and the funds tied to it are only available and valid for the 2023 calendar year. A full plan description will be released and shared with all eligible employees within the next few days. The first round of bonuses will be issued via payroll direct deposit before the end of the first fiscal 2023 calendar quarter (March 31st 2023).
We thank each and every individual, employed by our organization who has dedicated their time, energy and support to our amazing friends receiving services. You are appreciated more than you will ever know!!
Happiness Bag applied for this opportunity and received notification in mid January that we were awarded a grant. These funds will be passed directly along to all eligible employees in the form of bonuses, gift cards, retention activities, training, and recruitment of new employees. Additionally, Happiness Bag will work to provide opportunities for employee education and a savings plan to be announced at a later date, once all plans are finalized.
This grant and the funds tied to it are only available and valid for the 2023 calendar year. A full plan description will be released and shared with all eligible employees within the next few days. The first round of bonuses will be issued via payroll direct deposit before the end of the first fiscal 2023 calendar quarter (March 31st 2023).
We thank each and every individual, employed by our organization who has dedicated their time, energy and support to our amazing friends receiving services. You are appreciated more than you will ever know!!