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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

This week, Sept. 13-19, is observed nationally as Direct Support Professional Recognition Week, and for good reason. Direct Support Professionals, or “DSPs” as they’re often called, are the frontline ...