InterHab

12/02/2025

12/01/2025

We’re excited to continue our InterHab Board of Directors Highlight Series with our next feature: Susan Futscher, Executive Director of Best Life Community Services - Seneca. Susan’s decades of dedication, leadership, and passion for supporting Kansans with disabilities make her an invaluable member of our Board. Thank you, Susan, for the incredible impact you make every day!

11/25/2025

11/24/2025

Look at our beautiful new quilt, courtesy of the one and only, Lori Feldkamp!

Lori shared this lovely, handmade quilt of Advocacy Day t-shirts with us in October, and it finally has a spot in our office.

Thank you, Lori!

11/24/2025

Important update for the DSP workforce!

A bipartisan group in Congress has reintroduced the Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act (H.R. 6137 / S. 3211). This bill would create an official Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for Direct Support Professionals.

Why this matters:
Community providers continue to face significant workforce shortages. Without an SOC, the federal government cannot accurately track DSP wages or workforce needs. Establishing this classification would support better rate development, improve recruitment and retention, and strengthen services for people with I/DD.

How you can help:
Please contact your members of Congress and ask them to cosponsor this important bill.

The bipartisan Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act urges the Office of Management and Budget to establish a Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for direct support professionals (DSPs).

11/24/2025

11/21/2025

The bipartisan Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act urges the Office of Management and Budget to establish a Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for direct support professionals (DSPs).

11/20/2025

11/19/2025

We’re thrilled to highlight our newest member, The Looking Glass, a creative and culturally rooted member that has just unveiled their stunning new Looking Glass Keeper sculpture!

We’re excited to roll out Member Highlights, a new space dedicated to celebrating the incredible work happening across our community. If your organization has something new, exciting, or noteworthy to share - an accomplishment, an initiative, an upcoming event, or even a great team moment, we’d love to feature you. Connect with the InterHab team to be included in an upcoming highlight!

11/18/2025

11/18/2025

“There’s not a week that goes by when I don’t hear from our members about the incredible but undervalued work carried out by our nation’s DSPs.”

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“But nor is there a week that goes by when I don’t hear about tremendously talented DSPs who love their job but leave the field because they couldn’t stretch their household budget any further.”

–Barbara Merrill, ANCOR CEO

11/18/2025

Taking care of your health shouldn’t be confusing or overwhelming.

That’s why the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities created a Women's Health Guide made specifically for women with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

It’s filled with easy-to-understand information, real stories, and helpful tips for everything from annual wellness check ups.

Order your free copies today or download the guide on our website HERE: kcdd.org/womens-health-guide