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 ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to help address the critical need for more Direct Support ...

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 ...

Some of The Resource Center’s 2021 Everyday Heroes pose together: from left, front row, Sabrina Avery, Robert Thompson and Katy Lauffenburger; and, back row, Sheila St. John, Mary Jane Mizner and ...

Cheyanne McCool and Rebecca, one of the people she supports. Submitted photo Add Direct Support Professionals to the list of jobs that area organizations are having a hard time filling. Demand for ...

A state funding boost will expand the reach of a free college credential program for direct support professionals, who provide assistance to people with disabilities, in the hopes of building that ...

The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum ...