ACS DSP Workforce Development Program

2013

Provides state-of-the-art resources to help people with disabilities and their families find and retain quality Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). Specifically, the program updates and markets Realistic Job Preview films and other products on direct support recruitment, retention and training. On a fee-for-service basis, the program, which is funded through external sales, provides: technical assistance and consultation, training, assessment, and research and evaluation to state and federal governmental agencies, provider organizations and others facing these issues. Since 1997, the program has provided training and consultation in nearly every U.S. state and in five foreign countries.

Performing Research or Evaluation

Quality Assurance

Family Members/Caregivers

None

State

N/A