States are leading a transition away from sheltered workshops, where businesses employ people with disabilities for far less than the federal minimum wage, and toward job opportunities paying $7.25 an
State Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point, was honored by the disability advocacy organization for sponsoring and shepherding into law House Enrolled Act 1342.
Direct support professionals (DSPs) can provide a critical service to people in Indiana with disabilities by providing in-home and group-setting care. DSPs can be parents or loved ones of the person they’re caring for.
But in some cases, DSPs abuse and neglect those they’re supposed to care f
House Bill 1342 originally would have created a registry within the Indiana Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services to better record and track substantiated cases of abuse by direct support professionals.
Direct support professionals can provide a critical service to people in Indiana with disabilities by providing in-home and group-setting care. But in some cases, DSPs abuse and neglect those they’re supposed to care for and, advocates say, often get away with it by switching jobs.