Mandy Nichols — Begins presenting the survey findings and introduces the first finding on vacancy rates.
Mandy Nichols — Stephanie refers back to Mandy's summary of the findings.
Jay Livingstone — Named during roll call.
Joanne Comerford — Representative Vanna Howard is named during the roll call as part of the member attendance sequence.
Stephanie Costa — Stephanie Costa is introduced as President and CEO of ADDP, thanks the committee for the opportunity to testify, gives a brief overview of ADDP, and shares background about her leadership role, including that she began as president and CEO in July and previously led one of ADDP’s provider members.
Stephanie Costa — Stephanie Costa is referenced and then brought back into the presentation to comment on the survey and related findings. She is noted as having mentioned the addition of the health insurance question, and Mandy turns the discussion back to her, noting the survey will be repeated in the fall. Stephanie then responds by echoing Mandy’s conclusions and emphasizing progress in vacancy rates.
Mandy Nichols — Introduced as Vice President of ADDP and a presenter on the workforce metrics survey.
Mandy Nichols — Introduces herself as Vice President at ADDP and notes over 20 years in IDD advocacy.
Mandy Nichols — Continues describing the survey's added questions about health insurance costs and their effect on providers and workforce support.
Mandy Nichols — Stephanie passes the presentation back to Mandy to walk through the survey results.