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ANCOR News - 01.28.26

Download and Customize a DSP Certificate and Letter of Recognition for Your Nominee

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We want to ensure that the outstanding nominees of ANCOR’s Direct Support Professional of the Year Awards receive the recognition they deserve, even if they weren’t selected for an award. To that end, we make available templates for (1) a certificate of achievement and (2) a letter for the employee’s file.

These templates can be downloaded with a single click and easily customized to honor the accomplishments of the DSP(s) who were nominated but not selected for an award.

Certificate of Recognition

Letter of Recognition

Once you’ve adapted these templates to honor your DSP(s), we encourage you to:

  • Present them to your nominee(s) at a staff meeting.
  • Print them or save them to include in the nominee’s employee file for future recognition.
  • Share a celebration of your outstanding DSP(s) on social media using #RecognizingExcellence and tagging @TheRealANCOR so we can amplify your celebration!

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