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 ...

What is a DSP? Direct support professional. Some other titles you may be more familiar with include nurse, job coach, family care provider, personal assistant, personal care assistant, and ...

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 ...

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YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Disability services are chronically underfunded, and the problem has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Nationwide, the health care industry is seeing a shortage of Direct Support ...

SCHENECTADY — Cindy Barkowski’s son, John, receives care from direct support professionals, who tend to his everyday needs. But the industry, she said, faces massive turnover rates and she’s at a loss ...

Sunday through Sept. 13, the Defiance County Board of Developmental Disabilities (DCBDD) will join organizations across Ohio and the nation in celebrating Direct Support Professional (DSP) Recognition ...

No one really knows. We think we know. We hear the stories, mostly about doctors and nurses in the trenches of the pandemic. But there are hidden heroes among us that are risking their lives in the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3/Edited News Release) - The Missouri Department of Mental Health and other agencies have developed Missouri Talent Pathways, an apprenticeship program to recruit and retain ...