Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 144 — Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
§ 15111. Findings
Statutory text
Congress finds that—
direct support workers, especially young adults, have played essential roles in providing the support needed by individuals with developmental disabilities and expanding community options for those individuals;
4 factors have contributed to a decrease in the available pool of direct support workers, specifically—
the small population of individuals who are age 18 through 25, an age group that has been attracted to direct support work in the past;
the rapid expansion of the service sector, which attracts individuals who previously would have elected to pursue employment as direct support workers;
the failure of wages in the human services sector to keep pace with wages in other service sectors; and
the lack of quality training and career advancement opportunities available to direct support workers; and
individuals with developmental disabilities benefit from assistance from direct support workers who are well trained, and benefit from receiving services from professionals who have spent time as direct support workers.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106–402 title III § 301 · 114 Stat. 1677
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 15111
(Pub. L. 106–402, title III, § 301, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1734.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–402, title III, § 301, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1734.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) direct support workers, especially young adults, have played essential roles in providing the support needed by individuals with developmental disabilities and expanding community options for those individuals; (2) 4 factors have contributed to a decrease in the available pool of direct support workers, specifically— (A) the small population of individuals who are age 18 through 25, an age group that has been attracted to direct support work in the past; (B) the rapid expansion of the service sector, which attracts individuals who previously would have elected to pursue employment as direct support workers; (C) the failure of wages in the human services sector to keep pace with wages in other service sectors; and (D) the lack of quality training and career advancement opportunities available to direct support workers; and (3) individuals with developmental disabilities benefit from assistance from direct support workers who are well trained, and benefit from receiving services from professionals who have spent time as direct support workers.
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