October 7, 2021 @ 12pm EST Register Here High turnover among DSPs is a well-documented and increasingly critical issue. Provider organizations alone cannot solve the problem. Solutions and interventions must include both organization- and state-level strategies. Please join our DirectCourse founders at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration, as they share their new research… Read more

A multi-perspective documentary depicting the critical juncture the United States is facing where national and state strategies must be implemented to secure the direct support workforce and save our systems from regression.

This film follows the lives of 8 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their journey to true community living! It also warns service providers of unconscious institutional mindsets that can threaten good intentions.

November 10, 2021 @ 11am EST Register Here! Join Megan Sanders from the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration as she summarizes the results of a 12-month follow-up survey on the direct support workforce and their experiences supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Come learn what the data has… Read more

December 9, 2021 - HCBS Conference. Olivia Sullivan, Senior Health System Representative for Elsevier and Barbara Kleist, Med, JD, FAAIDD Program Director for Entrepreneurial and Development Programs at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration will screen the documentary “Invaluable: the unrecognized profession of direct support.” A multi-perspective documentary depicting the critical juncture the… Read more