Resources
Guides, reports, and more to help you elevate the status of DSPsThe National Alliance For Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) has compiled a number of resources to assist direct support professionals, people receiving services, family members, human service organizations, state/national associations, and more. These include guides, reports, toolkits, and more that cover a variety of topics related to the direct support professional workforce.
Code of Ethics
The NADSP Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a straightforward and relevant guide for DSPs as they resolve the ethical dilemmas they face every day.
Competency Areas
The NADSP Competency Areas offer DSPs the opportunity to address challenges, work on issues identified by the person they support, or assist someone in pursuing a goal.
Establish a Direct Support Professional Standard Occupational Classification
The statistics are extremely troubling for Direct Support Professionals. Turnover rates average around 45%. Vacancy rates are at roughly 9% ...
It’s Time to Raise the Bar by Joe Macbeth
Last week, most of the NADSP staff and several of our board members joined dozens of other advocates in St ...
Welcome and Our Response to Disability Scoop Article – Joe Macbeth
Welcome to the new NADSP website. We’re really proud to be able to offer meaningful, contemporary and accessible information that’s ...
Impact: The Direct Support Workforce
This Impact examines some of the workforce challenges in our long-term care system and their consequences for people with disabilities, ...
Report To The President 2017: America’s Direct Support Workforce Crisis
Addressing the direct support workforce crisis will sustain and improve opportunities for individuals with ID/DD to participate in and contribute ...
2016 Staff Stability Survey Report
The annual Staff Stability Survey offers robust data and research to offer insight about the direct support professional (DSP) workforce ...
Ensuring Beneficiary Health and Safety
This joint report is issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG); Administration ...
Frontline Initiative: Choice, Direction, and Control
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) encouraging the people they support to exercise choice, direction, and control over ...
NADSP Response To CMS’ RFI About HCBS
The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals, Inc. (NADSP) took the opportunity to inform CMS’ thinking around federal government interventions ...
Frontline Initiative: Person-Centered Practices
A newsletter issue for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) exploring person-centered practices. This issue of Frontline Initiative brought together voices on ...
2015 Staff Stability Survey Report
The annual Staff Stability Survey offers robust data and research to offer insight about the direct support professional (DSP) workforce ...
CMS Bulletin: Strengthening and Stabilizing the Medicaid Home Care Workforce
This informational bulletin highlights steps available to states, providers, and others to strengthen the home care workforce, the term used ...
