TITLE:
Fixed Prices and the Direct Support Professional Workforce Crisis
AUTHORS:
Scott Spreat
KEYWORDS:
Intellectual Disability, Workforce Crisis, Direct Support Professional, Supply & Demand
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.1,
January
18,
2021
ABSTRACT: The
current Direct Support Professional workforce crisis was considered from the
perspective of supply/demand economic theory. It is suggested that the
workforce crisis is largely caused by the inability of provider agencies to
balance the demand for and supply of Direct Support Professionals by
manipulating wages. Governmental fixed prices for supports and services are
suggested as a primary contributing factor.