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Op-Ed | Supporting New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities means impacting those who support them

We are confronted with a dire need to invest resources to address an employment crisis. With the New York State budget deadline fast approaching, the support

The New York State budget must invest in the workforce serving our most vulnerable populations

Last month in the War Room of the Capitol in Albany there was a rallying cry: “DSPs do serious work! DSPs deserve serious pay!” Today, that rallying cry continues to be the message that advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) are spreading amid a dire crisis impacting the nonprofits and workforces in the sector.

Staffing crisis causes NY disability service providers to lose $100M annually, report finds

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WNY advocate launches letter writing campaign to increase caregiver staffing for the disabled

A local disability rights advocate is launching a campaign to bring Governor Kathy Hochul’s attention to a workforce crisis that is leaving New Yorkers with disabilities without daily assistance.