Report to the President 2017, America’s Direct Support Workforce Crisis: Effects on People with Intellectual Disabilities, Families, Communities and the U.S. Economy
Report
January 1, 2017
This report provides an overview of the direct support workforce and examines critical challenges faced by the long-term services and supports industry; the effects of the workforce crisis, economic and other factors that have influenced the crisis; and promising practices to address the direct support workforce crisis.