09/16/2026
It's National DSP Recognition Week.
Direct support professionals are the people who show up at 6am, at midnight, and on holidays. They pass medications, teach someone to cook, and sit with a family on the worst day of their year.
In Ohio, 37% of them left the field last year. Average wage, $17.71 an hour.
That one number explains most of what's wrong with quality in this industry. You can't build good care on a workforce that turns over by a third every year.
We don't have the whole answer. We do know the people who stay are the reason families trust us.
To our team at Beautiful Minds: thank you for every shift, including the ones nobody saw.
If you know a DSP, tell them today.