Direct Support Personnel Turnover Rate For I/DD Sector Averaged 45.5%

In 2016, the average rate of direct support personnel (DSP) turnover was 45.5%. The DSP workforce includes all paid workers whose primary job responsibility is to provide support, training, supervision, and personal assistance to adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD).

These findings were reported in “2016 Staff Stability Survey Report” by National Core Indicators through a collaboration of the Human Services Research Institute, and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services. Researchers for the organizations analyzed data on the workforce of DSPs from 20 states (Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska . . .