Rhode Island Statewide Workforce Initiative: SupportWise Workforce Data Summary and Implications for Reporting Period January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024

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Author(s)
Sandra L Pettingell, Julie Bershadsky, Heather C Barcikowski, Amy S Hewitt

Description

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) want to live and work in their communities. They need a committed direct support workforce to support these goals, but this workforce is unstable. This report summarizes key workforce metrics for Rhode Island’s direct support workforce for January-June 2024, data trends over time, and implications. These metrics inform efforts to stabilize the direct support workforce within provider organizations and across the state. These efforts will improve supports and services for people with IDD in Rhode Island.

Details

Date
2024 
Type
Report 
Publisher
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
Collaborators
Community Provider Network of Rhode Island
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities
Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals

Topics

  • Direct support workforce
    • Retention and recruitment
    • Workforce development strategies