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DDS updates legislators’ calendar, DSP recruitment campaign and 14(c) concerns; council sets legislative breakfast dates
Summary
DDS Commissioner Jordan Schaff reviewed legislative timing and said the agency bill should appear soon; DDS staff outlined an ARPA-funded DSP recruitment campaign and job board planned for April, members discussed 14(c) subminimum wage changes and agency data (about 393 people on certificates), and the council voted to hold a legislative breakfast April 23 with April 30 as backup.
Commissioner Jordan Schaff and DDS staff used the council meeting on Feb. 20 to update members on legislative timing, workforce efforts and program-level concerns.
Schaff said the legislative session creates heavy demands on agency staff and that the department expects an agency bill to be filed shortly. He and other staff encouraged members to follow the legislative bulletin and the agency bill tracker once posted; they warned that notice for hearings and committee activity can arrive on short timelines.
Kevin Bronson, DDS, described a direct support professional (DSP) recruitment effort funded with ARPA dollars. Bronson said the…
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