#BFair2DirectCare….We did it!!!
3/29/17 Good morning everyone, By now, most of you have heard that we had a great day at our Capitol in Albany. After receiving calls from the Governor’s office and […]
DD Council Minutes – 2/16/17
Introductions were completed. Minutes from the last meeting were approved; if you would like to refer to past minutes, they are always available on the DD Council website: [...]
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
Direct Support Professional Wages: We support an increase in the minimum wage for all workers, and the $14.9 million in this year’s Executive Budget to raise the wages of workers […]
How Medicaid Block Grants Could Impact People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and their Families
The new Administration has called for drastic cuts to Medicaid, through Medicaid block grants, that would fundamentally compromise the program—making it less reliable for the people who depend on [...]
DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS Presented by Susan Constantino President and Chief Executive Office Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State
DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS Susan Constantino speech FINAL Before I start I would like to read to you from a job description. Assists individuals with activities of daily living, such as […]
DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS Presented by Alberto Vasquez, DSP
DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS Alberto Vasquez final Sixteen years ago I applied for a job as a direct support professional, and to be honest I did not know what type of […]
MEDICAID ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Presented by Marco Damiani,
MEDICAID ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Marco speech final We are seeing and hearing more and more about possible changes to the Medicaid […]