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President’s Committee for People With IDD Releases Report on Community Living — Highlighting the Needs of DSPs
Arc of the United States Highlights Hurricane Relief Fund for North Carolina
The Arc of North Carolina has set up a hurricane relief fund. All donations will go directly to the Direct Support Professionals and people with ID/A and families who have lost everything, including their homes, in the catastrophic flooding in Western NC. Donations are being accepted at this website. Please also check out this video.
Now Available: Case for Inclusion Data Snapshot Illustrating How DSP Workforce Crisis Threatens Access to Community
NTG to Host IDD & Dementia Workshop in the Philadelphia Area October 30–31
Free Resources Available From Relias to Honor DSP Recognition Week!
Nominations for ANCOR’s 2025 DSP of the Year Awards Are Now Open!
It’s DSP Recognition Week! Join in the Celebration by Using #DSPRW2024
Message from ANCOR:
Happy Direct Support Professional Recognition Week 2024! This week is a great opportunity to showcase the amazing, selfless, and often unsung work of the incredible professionals who make up the heart of our field.
Today and all week long, there are opportunities to share gratitude for DSPs and elevate the DSP workforce.
Let’s spread our message of thanks to DSPs as widely as we possibly can!
- All week long, use our DSP Recognition Week Social Media Toolkit to take action in support of DSPs, and access logos, sample social media messages and other resources.
- Remember to use the hashtag #DSPRW2024 so ANCOR can amplify your message and the essential work DSPs do every day!
- Check out these free DSP Week webinars hosted by our friends at NADSP.
- Be on the lookout for more resources coming later this week, and stay tuned for the opening of the 2025 DSP of the Year nominations!
Thank you for leveraging this week to express your gratitude for the essential work DSPs do every day to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they access their communities.
Thank you, DSPs! Our communities are made more inclusive because of you.
We couldn’t do what we do without you!
MyODP News Online Digest — August 30
President’s Committee for People With IDD Meeting to Be Held Sept. 26–27
The President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) will be hosting its next meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 9:00 am – 4:00 p.m. ET, and Friday, September 27, 2024, from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm ET. Register for the meeting here.
The meeting is open to the public and will be hosted at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The meeting will take place in the Switzer Building Conference Room 1400, located at 330 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20201. Members of the public can observe the meeting in person or virtually. To observe the meeting in person, seating will be available for the first 25 individuals to reserve seats due to space limitations. In order to observe the proceedings in person or virtually, you must register in advance.
The Committee will discuss the 2024 PCPID Report focused on home and community-based services (HCBS) as it relates to direct support professionals, employment, community living, and federal support programs. The Committee will also discuss emerging issues facing people with intellectual disabilities.
Comments and suggestions, especially from people with intellectual disabilities, are welcomed. If there are comments that you would like to inform the PCPID, please share them using ACL’s comment form. Comments received by Friday, September 13, 2024, will be shared with the PCPID at the meeting.
