NADSP E-BADGE ACADEMY
Congratulations to Capri Miller and Robby Zuti- Lewis of Arc of Onondaga (The Collaborative of NY). Capri received her DSP-1 Certification, and Robby has become a Certified Front Line Supervisor!
AHRC New York City AHRC Nassau Coarc (Columbia County) The Arc of Delaware County, NY Mountain Lake Services (Essex County) The Arc Mid-Hudson (Greene, Putnam, Ulster) The Collaborative of NY Requests for Proposals were open for eligible New York state Home and Community-Based Service provider organizations to participate in the grant. Last November, 17 organizations representing all regions of New York were chosen and awarded seats in the NADSP E- Badge Academy with the goal of over 800 DSPs and frontline supervisors achieving Last year, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that OPWDD had entered into a $10 million partnership with the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) to expand opportunities for professional credentialing for Direct Support Professionals throughout New York State. OPWDD's partnership with NADSP provides access to three levels of direct support professional credentialing and a frontline supervisor certification through participation in its E-Badge Academy. The project is supported by federal funds OPWDD is receiving through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The National Alliance credential is competency-based and modeled on the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services' Direct Service Workforce Core Competencies and the National Alliance Code of Ethics. certification in the first year. The organizations include: Recently, many employees from these organization have achieved certifications from the E-Badge Academy. We would like to recognize and congratulate them.
Brenda Hallock, of The Arc Mid- Hudson, recently received her DSP-1 Certification. Brenda has been with the agency for 16 years, and said she’s learned ways to be more person-centered with her work through the E- Badge Academy.
Jannifer Woodhall of Mozaic (The Collaborative NY) has received Levels 1, 2, and 3 DSP Accreditations through the E-Badge Academy!
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