During Direct Support Professional Recognition Week, we are highlighting some of the great people who work as DSPs at our Affiliates around the state. James Bova is another example of just how special these people are.
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OPWDD Supports DSP Recognition Week
Acting OPWDD Commissioner Kerry Delaney issues statement in support of DSP Recognition week.
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Celebrate DSP Week
Don’t Forget Direct Support Professional Week.
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Justice Center May Have A Constitutional Issue
For the third time since March, a judge has dismissed a state Justice Center case against an alleged abuser over what court rulings have found is the agency’s lack of authority to prosecute the cases because their staff attorneys are not elected officials
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The Conservative Case For Saving Medicaid
…being born with autism, or Down Syndrome, or cerebral palsy, or a brain disorder — or getting wounded while honorably serving this country — should never mean the death of your right to liberty and basic dignity.
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Governor Cuomo Proclaims Direct Support Professional Week
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People With Disabilities Sometimes Left Out Of Disaster Plannning
“We’re actually quite good at solving complex problems; however, when physical accessibility isn’t provided, and communication isn’t accessible, we have a much more difficult time accessing the same services and supports everyone else gets.”
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DSPs And Those They Support Need Your help
Next Week is Direct Support Professionals Week. Please watch this video and then show your support by joining in a national effort to raise their wages. We in New York are not alone. This is a national crisis. DSPs are leaving the field in droves because they can’t live on what they are paid.
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One Repeal-and-Replace Plan Still Alive In The Senate
Rather than funding Medicaid and subsidies directly, that money would be put into a block grant that a state could use to develop any health-care system it wants.
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DACA Decision Could Strip Health Insurance From Thousands In NYS
The Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could strip thousands of New Yorkers of their health insurance.
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