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Hundreds rally for increased state funding for services for those with disabilities
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AccessCNY awarded $200,000 in state grants to enhance services
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Credit Matt Hassan / WAER News State Senator John Mannion announced a new jobs program Friday aimed at bolstering the professional workforce that cares for New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The state funding will provide tuition credits, higher salaries, mentoring, and paid internships targeted at attracting and retaining more direct service professionals, or DSPs at AccessCNY. Mannion says these workers provide vital and often intimate support. It is hard work. But working with intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals is as rewarding as it is challenging. There is a critical need for DSPs right now. This pilot program, which I’m proud to fund, is a big part of the strategy to draw more caring and compassionate Central New Yorkers to a career working with the disabled.”