Advocates, including some in Portage County, are asking Ohio's legislators for pay raises for people who care for some of the state's most vulnerable citizens. Michelle Madden, CEO of Independence of ...

My son graduated from high school in 2021. Like many special education students, he then fell into the abyss of the adult service system for people with intellectual disability/autism – a system that ...

MAMARONECK — On an early afternoon in this Westchester County town, the Wagner House is full of life. Some residents have gathered in the living room to watch television. Others are learning how to ...

"Hey, the cops came by. They were looking for you," Seth Ritchey said to a client with a twinkle in his eye. "They did?" Russell Eggleston replied, clearly interested now. "Yeah. I told them I didn't ...

First-class direct support staff people are a key to providing quality services to people who need help taking care of themselves. Yet, sometimes the direct support staff are the last ones to be ...

Hochul pledges $2.4M for programs to diversify NY’s physician workforce $1.6B life science campus coming to Kips Bay HSS partners with medical-device startup on pain-management tech Despite a ...

The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum ...

In Garden City, Nassau BOCES Adult Education has partnered with EPIC Long Island to launch a new training program this fall for direct support professionals who assist individuals with intellectual ...

New York State’s failure to budget fairly and equitably for direct support professionals working in the not-for-profit space will one day prove unsustainable. That day cannot be far away. The risk is ...

For the Reinke family, which includes three adult children on the autism spectrum, direct care workers are essential to a functioning household. The in-home professionals help people with intellectual ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has entered into a $10 million partnership with the National Alliance for ...