"...She’ll make about $4.50 per day, or about 85 cents an hour — a tiny fraction of the state’s $15 hourly minimum wage. Pathways can pay Castellanos and her co-workers that because they have disabilities." https://wapo.st/3ZbMj6i

Please don’t be a toxic do-gooder. For many people with disabilities the work is the opportunity to get out, being with friends, feeling useful, and pride of work. And it allows the caregiver to have their life and keep their job. The small amount of money is icing on the cake.