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IDD commission urges implementation manager to tackle HCBS workforce crisis and offers advocacy training proposals
Summary
The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Commission asked the committee to fund an implementation manager to execute the 2023 Home and Community‑Based Services workforce task‑force recommendations, and proposed family advocacy workshops and an interagency work group to help families navigate IEPs and special‑education services.
The Montgomery County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Commission (IDD Commission) told the Health and Human Services Committee that workforce shortages among direct support professionals threaten quality of care and independent living for people with developmental disabilities, and asked the county to create an implementation manager role to coordinate and act on a 2023 HCBS workforce…
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