SupportWise Workforce Data Summary and Implications for Reporting Period July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024

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Author(s)

Sandra L Pettingell, Julie Bershadsky, Amy S Hewitt, Heather C Barcikowski, Barbara A Kleist, Megan L Sanders

English

Web

Cost:

Free

Pages:

31

Spanish

Web

Cost:

Free

Pages:

32

Description

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who want to live and work in their communities need committed direct support professionals, but this workforce is chronically underpaid and short-staffed. This report summarizes key workforce metrics for Rhode Island’s direct support workforce for July-December 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

2025 

Type

Report 

Publisher

Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota

Co-publisher

Sherlock Workforce Initiative Project

Collaborators

Community Provider Network of Rhode Island

Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities

Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals