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The American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) announced that Antoinette Morris, direct support professional at Trinity Services in Des Plaines, Illinois, has been named the recipient of the association's 2019 Direct Support Professional of the Year award. Morris joins more than four dozen other honorees who will be recognized at a ceremony next month in Portland, Oregon. Awarded annually since 2007, ANCOR's Direct Support Professional of the Year awards recognize outstanding professionals who provide long-term supports and services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The awards and the accompanying presentation at ANCOR's Annual Conference, which are underwritten by Relias, were created to celebrate the important role Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) play in ensuring individuals with I/DD can be included and empowered in their communities, and to raise awareness about a direct support workforce in crisis. Nationally, turnover rates near 50 percent amount to a significant shortage of DSPs.
"ANCOR created the DSP of the Year awards precisely because the accomplishments of DSPs demand celebration," said Barbara Merrill, ANCOR's chief executive officer. "Though these awards represent only a small fraction of the praise DSPs deserve, we are thrilled to honor Antoinette Morris and dozens of other DSPs like her who really are making community inclusion possible for people of all abilities." The 2019 Direct Support Professional of the Year awards will be presented in a ceremony in Portland, Oregon, on May 8, 2019, at ANCOR's Annual Conference, Bridges to Better Outcomes. The full list of honorees to be recognized at the ceremony is below. Members of the press interested in attending the awards presentation should contact Sean Luechtefeld, ANCOR's Director of Communications, at sluechtefeld@ancor.org or 703.535.7850, ext. 100. National Direct Support Professional of the Year Antoinette Morris, Trinity Services, Des Plaines, Ill. - Read more about Antoinette here. Special Category Award Recipients
State Direct Support Professional of the Year Award Recipients Alaska: Jacquelyn Evans, BrightSpring Alaska, Fairbanks Arizona: Tommie Gross, RISE, Inc., Mesa Arkansas: Rebecca Hansel, Bost, Inc., Fort Smith California: Hope Gutierrez, Bayberry, Inc., Napa Colorado: Jennifer Acree, Dungarvin, Palmer Lake Connecticut: Debra Main, Mosaic, Cromwell Delaware: David Oruko, Mosaic, Elkton District of Columbia: Linda Ballard, RCM of Washington Florida: Phillip Kibbat: BrightSpring Florida, Clearwater Georgia: Rose Mary Bradley, Lynndale, Inc., Augusta Idaho: Macy Henze, Consumer Direct Care Network, Meridian Illinois: Gary Ferguson, Marcfirst, Normal Indiana: Johneka Jewell, Dungarvin, Indianapolis Iowa: Linda Renn, The MENTOR Network, Vinton Kansas: JoDee Bryant, Mosaic, Pittsburg Kentucky: John Mattingly, Tri-Generations Louisville Louisiana: Marvette Harris, Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana, Metairie Maine: Kim Redmun, John F. Murphy Homes, Auburn Maryland: Marian Mulbah-Poquee, Mid-Atlantic Human Service Corporation, Bel Air Massachusetts: Christopher Amado, Delta Projects, Dedham Michigan: Tanya Scherer, BrightSpring Michigan, Saginaw Minnesota: Lisa Riley, MSS, Eagan Mississippi: Aleia Dye, The MENTOR Network, Oxford Missouri: Mona Mergenthal, Emmaus Homes, St. Charles Nebraska: Lisa Behrens, Mosaic, Beatrice Nevada: Linda Brown, Dungarvin, Silver Springs New Hampshire: Nicole Dufour, The Institute of Professional Practice, Inc., Concord New Jersey: Dausy Wurie, Dungarvin, Somerset New Mexico: Brenda Vasquez, ARCA, Albuquerque New York: Marc O'Mara, Heritage Christian Services, North Tonawanda North Carolina: Shane Whitaker, BrightSpring North Carolina, Kings Mountain Ohio: Amber Estergall, Welcome House, Westlake Oklahoma: Travis Dottrich, Home of Hope, Vinita Oregon: Maria Morales, Community Support Services, Inc., Salem Pennsylvania: Gayle Ferona, Keystone Human Services, Harrisburg Rhode Island: Josiah Olowoporoku, Community Living of Rhode Island, Warwick South Carolina: Crystal Campbell, Charles Lea Center, Spartanburg South Dakota: Samantha Glover, Aspire, Inc., Aberdeen Tennessee: Allen Selby, Core Services of Northeast Tennessee, Johnson City Texas: Lafawndra Allen, BrightSpring Texas, Austin Vermont: Kevin Hadsel, Families First, Wilmington Virginia: Skyler Ross, Resources for Independence of Virginia, Fairfax Washington: Cindy Ply, Bethesda Lutheran Communities, Renton West Virginia: Gabriel McEskew, BrightSpring West Virginia, Buckhannon Wisconsin: Dee Otte, BrightSpring Wisconsin, Jefferson Comments are closed.
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