Provides for annual fellowship stipends for Direct Support Professional Career Development Program participants.
An act to amend Sections 4474.17, 4511.5, 4512, 4519.10, and 4641.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to developmental services.
Equitable Development Action grant funding provided for training and support of direct support professionals.
Equitable Development Action grant appropriation for training and support of direct support professionals
Establishing the Local News Fellowship Program; imposing duties on an administering institution; and providing for administration of the Local News Fellowship Program.
Recognizing the contributions of the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program to advance America's national security, development, and diplomacy efforts.
Requires DHS to develop enhanced training curriculum for direct support professionals.
Provides incentives for certified nurse aides and nursing students to work as direct support professionals; makes appropriation.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Increases pay for direct support professionals; makes appropriation.