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What is the issue?

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), often referred to as caregivers, personal assistants or homecare aides, provide daily supports to millions of Americans with disabilities living and working in the community. DSPs provide supports for a variety of important day-to-day activities, including health needs, personal care and hygiene, mobility, employment, transportation, recreation, home-management activities, etc.

Unfortunately, the DSP workforce is in crisis. Low wages coupled with physically and emotionally demanding work has resulted in high turnover and heavy vacancies. This crisis severely jeopardizes the quality of life for people with disabilities. Please use WhoWillCare.net to learn more about this issue and to take action in support of America's DSPs and people with disabilities. Learn more

Jeanette is the proud mother of Raymund, a young man with a disability. Before seeking assistance, it was difficult for Jeanette and Raymund to do the things they wanted to do. Today, Raymund lives independently thanks to daily supports from dedicated Direct Support Professionals. Learn more about the video and its stars, Jeanette and Raymund, here.

This video is the first of several WhoWillCare.net will introduce this year to help tell the story of how Direct Support Professionals make a difference in their communities and are deserving of more appropriate compensation. Learn more about the video and its star, Rica, here.

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