NCI State of the Workforce

NCI State of the Workforce

The annual NCI State of the Workforce collects comprehensive data on the Direct Support Professional (DSP) workforce providing direct supports to adults (age 18 and over) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

The goal of the survey and the resulting data is to help state developmental disabilities systems (DD systems) examine workforce challenges, identify areas for further investigation, benchmark their workforce data, measure improvements made through policy or programmatic changes, and compare their state data to those of other states and the NCI-IDD average.

For NCI State of the Workforce data on the workforce supporting the aging and physical disabilities population, click here.

State of the Workforce in 2023 Survey Report
State of the Workforce in 2023: INFOGRAPHIC (COMING SOON)


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State of the Workforce in 2021 Survey Report
State of the Workforce in 2021 Survey Report INFOGRAPHIC

For reports from other survey years, check out the Report Library.

A total of 26 states plus the District of Columbia administered the 2020 NCI-IDD State of the Workforce Survey/ Staff Stability Survey. All told, 2,987 provider agencies are included in this report.

2020 NCI-IDD Staff Stability Survey Report
2020 NCI-IDD Staff Stability Survey Report – COVID-19 SUPPLEMENT
2020 NCI-IDD Staff Stability Survey Report INFOGRAPHIC

For reports from other survey years, check out the Report Library.