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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NORWICH, N.Y. (WBNG) -- ACHIEVE, a chapter of the New York Arc, celebrated the accomplishments of dedicated staff members. A special ceremony honored graduates of ACHIEVE’s Micro-Credential Programs, ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Direct Support Professional Week recognizes the people who support and care for people with disabilities. The New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities said ...

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 ...

Ellen Gutmaker is the CEO of Arc of Onondaga. Paul Joslyn is the CEO of AccessCNY and a board member of New York Disability Advocates (NYDA). At 5:30 a.m., before most of Syracuse has even turned on ...

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 ...