https://hammer.org/blog/2017/01/take-action/ Resources for Developmental Disabilities Tue, 11 May 2021 21:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hammer.org/blog/2017/01/take-action/#comment-454 Tue, 11 May 2021 21:42:14 +0000 https://www.hammer.org/?p=5826#comment-454 Support for DSPs is vital for people with disabilities to be able to receive the necessary care and supervision that allows then to live as independently as possible and to provide them with safe, secure and productive living environments. Our son has been a Hammer resident for over 15 years and would not have been able to thrive anywhere nearly as well as he has without the support that the DSPs at Hammer provides him and his housemates with. DSPs are vital and we consider them to be the front line and essential workers who are truly vested in caring for and supporting the vulnerable adults that are under their care. With the current state of affairs and the inadequate salaries that they currently receive in proportion to the responsibilities that their work entails, there is a significant shortage of available DSPs causing major issues in the group homes and apartments that they are needed to staff. It is imperative that a truly living wage is paid to DSPs to help keep and increase the numbers of highly qualified and trained staff necessary to fill these positions.

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