Our monthly Hear. Share. Act. Lunch & Learn Webinar Series aims to educate and empower by diving into topics that are important to North Carolinians with disabilities. This series is held on the third Tuesday of each month from 12 – 1 PM. It’s free and held online! Spanish translation, American Sign Language and Closed Captioning are available. 

Join us at our next webinar!

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Topic: Double Whammy! Lifting the veil on the I/DD DSP Workforce shortage, and its impact on North Carolina’s aging family caregivers

Webinar Description: While we wait for an adequately sourced and trained Direct Support Professional (DSP) workforce for people with I/DD and to help families support them, family caregivers are aging. For those who have embraced the dream of community-based living for their children, the path toward reality is lined with an aging population of family caregivers. Will their child get an Innovations Waiver slot before they can no longer care for their child? Even if they do get a slot, will there be an adequate supply of DSPs to be there for their child’s lifespan?

The continued (seemingly no end in sight) DSP workforce shortage has grave implications for family caregivers. Join us in May as we will lift the veil on the impact of the DSP workforce shortage and explore the “double whammy” experienced by I/DD caregivers who must learn to also look after their own physical and mental health while they wait.