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LatestFlorida providers challenge how the state is enforcing a $15 direct-care wage/Agencies just marked a national week for direct support professionals/Louisiana will raise disability service rates 3 percent, well short of its own study/Pennsylvania lawmakers look at tying disability rates, and DSP pay, to inflation
Policy · Medicaid rates
Assisted living, ambulance, and home-care groups say the budget’s $15 floor arrived without a clear definition of who counts as direct care, and without enough money to pay it.
September 23, 2026 · Florida Trend · 4 min
Practice · The workforce
September 13, 2026 · ANCOR
Policy · Rates
August 27, 2026 · The Center Square
Workforce · Harrisburg
August 18, 2026 · Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus
Workforce · Bargaining
SEIU 775 cut its opening ask from 12 percent over two years to 3 percent, then 5 percent. The state still proposed no wage increase, with an October 1 deadline to land a rate.
August 17, 2026 · Washington State Standard · 4 min
Workforce · The data
A 2026 research poster using National Core Indicators data puts the average DSP wage at $17.86 in 2024, up from $12.22 in 2018. Turnover did not go away.
July 8, 2026 · National Core Indicators · 4 min
Workforce · Frederick
Before the state hit pause, Spotlight on Maryland found relatives in Frederick and elsewhere planning for lower wages July 1 and fewer hours in September.
June 26, 2026 · Spotlight on Maryland / FOX45 · 6 min
Agencies · Ohio
Department of Developmental Disabilities waiver changes dated July 1 raise the environmental-modification limit from $10,000 to $15,000 and extend support brokerage onto more waivers.
July 1, 2026 · Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities · 4 min
Policy · The states
Caring Across Generations says federal Medicaid reductions are already showing up as state cuts to aging and disability services, from Idaho to Maryland.
July 15, 2026 · Caring Across Generations · 4 min
Policy · Maryland
Families and providers were told to prepare for lower pay on July 1. On June 30, the state said the cuts were on hold until federal officials sign off.
July 2, 2026 · Maryland Matters · 5 min