
Here’s an update on that petition, by the numbers.
The campaign is to confront a significant problem – Direct Support Professionals are essentially anonymous. The solution? It’s simple, yet simultaneously complex. We need to make the case to the federal government that Direct Support Professionals should have a unique Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), specific to their position. This could have a significant impact on helping to set reimbursement rates, improving data analysis about workforce issues, and demonstrating the contributions of Direct Support Professionals.
So what is the update?
The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) is leading a nationwide coalition to issue a change.org petition to the US Office of Management and Budget, demanding that the office Establish a Direct Support Professional Standard Occupational Classification. We have brought together a core group of petition partners who are supporting this campaign by dedicating extensive resources to promote its success.
Founding petition partners include:
- Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports
- American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD)
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
- The Arc of the United States
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
- Community Bridges Consulting Group
- CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership
- Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
- National Association on Dual Diagnosis (NADD)
- National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services (NASDDDS)
- National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities (NLCDD)
- Research and Training Center at The University of Minnesota
- Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
- The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices (TLCPCP)
- The Sibling Leadership Network (SLN)
Founding petition partners are committed to this change.org petition
Some of these organizations include:
- Bethesda
- Community Provider Association of Oregon (CPAO)
- CP of New York State
- Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF)
- Interhab (Kansas)
- Iowa Association of Community Providers (IACP)
- Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS)
- Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities
- Mosaic
- New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD)
- New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation
- Ohio Providers Resource Association (OPRA)
- Oregon Resource Association (ORA)
- And many more …
Statewide provider associations and nationwide organizations are actively supporting the change.org petition
Supporters have signed the change.org petition
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