Rhode Island Statewide Workforce Initiative
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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 series reports key workforce metrics for Rhode Island’s direct support workforce, data trends over time, and implications. These metrics inform efforts to stabilize the direct support workforce within provider organizations and across the state, which will improve supports and services for people with IDD in Rhode Island.
Details
- Date
- 2025
In publication since 2024-02-01 - 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
Products
- Rhode Island Statewide Workforce Initiative: SupportWise Workforce Data Summary and Implications for Reporting Period July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024
- Rhode Island Statewide Workforce Initiative: SupportWise Workforce Data Summary and Implications for Reporting Period January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024
- Rhode Island Statewide Workforce Initiative: SupportWise Workforce Data Summary for Reporting Period July 1, 2023-December 31, 2023
Topics
- Direct support workforce
- Retention and recruitment
- Workforce development strategies