DSP Training Levels

WHO: Any waiver service non-licensed professional staff delivering contracted HCB services, including: Personal Assistant, Personal Assistant -Medical Exception, Day Habilitation, Day Habilitation -Behavioral Exception, Day Habilitation -Medical Exception, Community Networking, Individualized Skill Development, Career Planning, Prevocational, Job Development, Supported Employment, In-Home Respite—Day, In-Home Respite— Individual, In-Home Respite—Group, Out-of-Home Respite—Day, Temporary Residential, Residential Group Homes, ISL, Shared Living, and Intensive Therapeutic Residential Habilitation.

WHAT: Payment earned and paid to the DMH DD provider based on percentage of staff meeting a given training level.

Three levels of incentive payments are available as follows:

  1. Provider can demonstrate that 90% of their DSP workforce that has at least six-month tenure with the same agency has completed level 1 DSP training;
  2. Provider can demonstrate that level 1 DSP benchmark has been met and maintained and 50% of DSP workforce that has at least 6 months tenure with the same agency has completed level 2 DSP training;
  3. Provider can demonstrate that level 1 and 2 DSP benchmarks have been met and maintained and 50% of DSP workforce that has at least 1 year tenure with the same agency has completed level 3 DSP training.

WHEN: Payments began January 1st, 2023. Data entry and review is completed on a semi-annual basis.

WHY: Increased staff retention; employees gain national best practice skills; mitigation of risk and improved individual outcomes.

HOW: Access learning management system (Relias) to obtain MO DDD DSP Training Plan.

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