The National Training Institute For Frontline Supervisors and Technical Assistance Project (NTIFFS) is a three year grant program designed to improve recruitment and retention across the country of Direct Support Professionals, who are competent and confident in the skills needed to provide quality supports and services to individuals with developmental and other disabilities.

Project Description

Community human service employers, families and consumers across the country are experiencing difficulties finding and keeping direct support professionals who can provide quality supports to people with developmental and other disabilities. This project will refine, test and deliver a National Training Institute for Frontline Supervisors using a "Train-the-Trainer" model and a Technical Assistance and Consulting model to assist community human service employers, families and consumers from across the country to recruit, retain, and train direct support professionals and Frontline Supervisors. The project will assist five agencies, organizations or coalition participants in identifying and managing their personnel and workforce challenges. Organizations participating in the project will develop and refine skills and intervention strategies in supporting and training Frontline Supervisors to maintain highly effective workforce development approaches.

Final Project Report

Highlights from AAMR, Montreal

Questions

Questions? For more information, see About NTIFFS or Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

Project Participants Announced

We have selected the five participants for the project.

View a list of the Participating organizations.

This Web site is maintained by the Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC). The RTC is housed at the Institute on Community Integration, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota.

Funding for this project has been provided by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (U.S. Department of Education).

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