RALEIGH — As part of its Direct Support Professional Workforce Plan, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is announcing $3 million to recruit and retain direct support professionals.

Photo by Getty Images. The direct support professional (DSP) workforce crisis is not new. According to the staff survey in National Core Indicators, 24% of disability service providers in Maryland ...

We strongly call on fellow advocates, nonprofit organizations, and community members to join us in urging legislative leaders to fully fund DDD services and reject any proposals that jeopardize the ...

The data for 2023 suggest some positive trends for the state of the IDD DSP workforce. For example: • Across the nation, the median hourly wage for DSPs was $17.20 which is almost a dollar-and-a ...

The NCI-IDD SoTW is the most comprehensive data on IDD provider agencies and the Direct Support Professional (DSP) workforce across the nation and is a pivotal tool in combatting the workforce crisis.