Source: The DSP Crisis: Reimbursement Rates, Retention, and Research | The Council on Quality and Leadership
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are critical for the community integration of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Not only are DSPs important to quality supports of millions of people in the United States, but a lack of staff can also keep people from going into and being integrated in the community. As such, DSPs are crucial to long term services and supports (LTSS) for people with IDD in the United States.