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Policy Research Brief: Representation of Direct Support Workers in Popular Media

Mainstream media does not use consistent language to talk about the role of direct support workers. This inconsistency makes it difficult to communicate the value and complexity of the direct …

Published: September 2023

Policy Forum: The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: Work Life and Wage Augmentation

This Policy Forum addresses work life and wage augmentation in the direct support workforce, revealed in a survey of approximately 9,000 DSPs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published: 8/17/2021

Policy Research Brief: The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: Work Life and Wage Augmentation

A brief with findings from a recent study exploring experiences of direct support professionals (DSPs) providing support during the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed the critical shortage of DSPs …

Published: July 2021

Impact: Feature Issue on Sexuality and Gender Identity for People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities

This issue in the Impact series addresses current roadblocks preventing people with intellectual, development, and other disabilities from living self-determined lives when it comes to their …

Published: Fall 2023

Policy Forum: Predictors of Annual Turnover Among Direct Support Professionals

This Policy Forum addresses predictors of annual turnover among direct support professionals, using data from the National Core Indicators (NCI) Staff Stability Survey.

Published: 10/07/2021

Policy Research Brief: Predictors of Annual Turnover Among Direct Support Professionals

This brief contains findings from a recent study that was a first of its kind to look at both organizational- and state-level factors related to turnover among direct support professionals (DSP), …

Published: September 2021