AG communities have been heavily impacted by COVID 19 expenses that occurred after Oct 31, 2020 and continue to be today.  I think helping to reimburse for those expenses is much needed to help support those providers and to encourage them to keep communities open. We have lost over $250k in the last year which has limited our ability to care for our residents and has made us question our continued presence in VA.  These residents need services - 

Additionally, there needs to be funds set aside for providers to attract and train candidates for Direct Care and Medication Aide positions.  The amount of trained candidates has declined in the last year and the demand on our industry has not.  We need to be able to incentivize people to check out careers in working with seniors and disabled adults and then support them through getting the training that they need.