The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has entered into a $5 million agreement with the State University of New York to expand a program that will enable direct support professionals to secure national certification and college credit toward a certificate, associate or bachelor's degree.

OPWDD announced a new partnership with the NY Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation and the McSilver Institute for Poverty, Policy and Research at New York University to address the impact of the workforce crisis on nonprofit service providers.