WeAreDSPs

Nearly 30,000 Direct Support Professionals and our supporters serving children & adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in Illinois.

[WeAreDSPs @WeAreDSPs]

Our community care network is crumbling. People with disabilities are counting on us to fight for them. #WeAreDSPs #ValueTheWork

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I just signed this petition. Save Developmental Disability Services in Illinois - Support a Livin... https://t.co/ufKQlB1XBM via @ipetitions

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@CBHA_NET's Marvin Lindsay - need to keep non-Medicaid GRF funds into community mental health - non-medical service supports are needed

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@CBHA_NET's Marvin Lindsay - in this waiver, all communities have to be considered - agree and support direction

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IAMHP (Medicaid Health Plans) Cyrus Winnett - we view the 1115 as a framework to build partnerships between MCOs and healthcare providers

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IL's 1115 Waiver includes concepts we've worked on for months with @Thresholdsctrs - linkages, housing, first episode treatment, rule reform

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IARF's Emily Miller posits fundamental questions on waiver implementation - excellent concepts in the waiver that require additional detail

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IARF's Emily Miller on draft 1115 Medicaid waiver - "imperative that cooperation and collaboration with stakeholders continue

[Shannon Heffernan @shannon_h]

As we talk about police training on mental health, we also need to talk MH services. Police aren't therapists. https://t.co/Expe9qUyBJ

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@GovRauner #raunerlive - You vetoed a living wage for DSPs serving the disabled - what is your plan to address poverty wages?

[Ivan Moreno @1TrueIvan]

.@GovRauner says he's cheering for social service providers suing #Illinois. "It's ridiculous. What state in America doesn't pay its bills?"

[WeAreDSPs @WeAreDSPs]

We are urging all Reps to vote yes on a living wage for DSPs - HB 5931 #valuethework #valuetheirlives

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Adult-ID/DD care workers rally for more staff to help clients https://t.co/2q144HgBiD

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Care staff victims of longtime state neglect https://t.co/QTOEWm8cg7 via @dailyherald

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DSPs need a pay raise https://t.co/41XtDKz3q7

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Budget impasse affects workforce at Rockton's Goldie B. Floberg Center https://t.co/VH88v3s6u2 via @rrstar @lindseyholden27

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New Report from @ILPartnersForHS: wages for DSPs would need a 30% increase to adjust for cost of living
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Oregon lawmakers approve landmark minimum wage increase https://t.co/rnI4gEBwA5 via @SJRbreaking

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With No State Budget, Illinois Agencies Face High Turnover https://t.co/4FE7zDZ9az via @wbez #valuethework #wearedsps #fightfor15

[WeAreDSPs @WeAreDSPs]

Without DSPs there is no community! #valuethework #fightfor15 #wearedsps #twill https://t.co/eS4yNvlfRl

[Ray Graham Association @RayGrahamAssoc]

What would @BarackObama do? The avg. wage in IL for a Direct Support Professional (DSP) is $9.35/hr, even though... https://t.co/A7VjdzC81p