There is a workforce crisis in Intellectual Disability and autism services.
Multiyear funding is required to sustain our services and value Direct Support Professionals.
Legislation that invests in the Direct Support Professional workforce is needed to sustain services.
Direct care workers (DCWs) are the backbone of our country's long-term care workforce.
Legislation that invests in the Direct Support Professional workforce is needed.
That is the human cost, the human face of these policy issues and issues that need to be resolved.