Survival Coalition will be participating in a press event outside the Wisconsin Capitol at noon on Friday August 1, 2025 hosted by and welcoming Carl Schulze to Madison.
For the past 3 weeks, Carl has been on an over 90-mile journey in his wheelchair from his home in Neenah to the Wisconsin Capitol steps to draw attention to the home care worker crisis, in particular the low wages for home care workers.
Schulze states, “When people can start working at a fast food restaurant or Walmart earning a few dollars an hour more than what they can max out at as a caregiver it discourages them from entering the field leaving people like myself with limited services.”
Throughout his travels he has been hampered by the very thing he seeks to change and has lost more than a week of travel time due to inadequate care.
This loss of time highlights one of the key shortcomings of the home care crisis.
“When people don’t have access to care their lives and the goals are interrupted. When people don’t have family or other necessary supports to provide care they are forced to go without.” Says Jason Glozier.
At a time when Medicaid funding is under fire at the federal level it is as important as ever to take steps to support the services that people prefer.
Schulze will begin his final day meeting anyone who wishes to join him in his arrival at McPike Park (202 S. Ingersoll St) at 10:30. He will be planning to leave the park and make his way down East Washington Ave to the State Capitol at 11 and will arrive at the Capitol at noon. While at the Capitol, Carl will be joined by several members of Madison’s disability rights community to urge the State to improve home care services.
