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What is a Direct Support Professional? According to the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals, Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) assist people with intellectual and/or developmental ...

When you think of a caregiver, who comes to mind? Probably someone who steps in to help with daily tasks —preparing meals, managing medications, or taking care of responsibilities for someone who ...

The Wyoming Department of Health Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Section, Wyoming Institute for Disabilities at the University of Wyoming, and a team of case managers developed a Wyoming case ...

Direct support professionals, or DSPs, are workers that support disabled people in living independently. They may help a disabled person navigate their community, cook, do chores, pay bills and other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A state funding boost will expand the reach of a free college credential program for direct support professionals, who provide ...

Every day, tens of thousands of direct-support professionals in New York perform indispensable work that makes community life possible for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Helen Keller, at age 13, with Anne Sullivan in 1893. Ms. Keller was stricken at age nineteen ...

As lawmakers finalize New York’s budget, they face a choice that will profoundly affect families across the Capital Region and Hudson Valley: whether to meaningfully invest in the system that supports ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois lawmakers have increased state budget funding for people with developmental disabilities several times over the past few years. However, the wages for direct ...

Paul Joslyn has been the Executive Director of AccessCNY since 2016 and prior to that was the COO of Unity House in Auburn. AccessCNY’s team includes over 1,400 staff that serve over 2,400 people with ...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. — This week marks Direct Support Professionals Week, a time to honor those dedicated to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities. The Arc of Rensselaer County celebrated ...