ICYMI: ANCOR Announces 2021 DSP of the Year Award Recipients

We reprise this announcement for the convenience of our members:

Direct Support Professionals, or DSPs, are the bedrock of inclusive supports. Since 2007, ANCOR has honored excellence in the field of direct support with our annual Direct Support Professional of the Year Awards, underwritten by ANCOR Diamond Partner Relias.

Today, we are honored to introduce you to the 50 outstanding professionals who are the recipients of the 2021 DSP of the Year Awards. These extraordinary and essential professionals work tirelessly every day to solve problems, engineer solutions, adapt, innovate, listen and support. Because of their work, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are better equipped to live quality lives in truly inclusive communities.

This year’s class of award recipients includes statewide honorees in 44 states and the District of Columbia, as well as five recipients of our special category awards and the 2021 National DSP of the Year, William Pate, an incredible DSP who works at ANCOR member Dungarvin in Indianapolis, Indiana. Congratulations to William and the entire Dungarvin team, as well as to all of this year’s award recipients!

Ready to celebrate these outstanding champions of disability inclusion? Get started today by:

• Reading Recognizing Excellence, our digital publication that profiles each of this year’s award recipients. Then, share Recognizing Excellence with family, friends, and others in your community.
• Clearing your calendar for the awards presentation, An Essential Workforce Meeting the Moment: Honoring the Direct Support Professional of the Year, which will kickoff the 2021 ANCOR Annual Conference on Monday, June 14 at 12 pm ET.
• Downloading and sharing the formal announcement in this press release, which you can share with your lawmakers, members of the press and others who need to see and share the value of the direct support workforce.

Now, perhaps more than ever, it’s critical that we all share and celebrate the stories of excellence in direct support. Thank for you joining us as we celebrate and congratulate these outstanding professionals who truly met the moment!