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For the roughly 159,000 Arizonans living with an intellectual or developmental disability, having someone to help with things from teeth brushing to job hunting is vital. But Direct Support Professionals — DSPs, as they’re known in the industry — are struggling.Low wages, high turnover rates and chronic understaffing plague the workforce, leaving both caregivers and those they

Three Phoenix-area nonprofits received Season for Sharing grants to help people with disabilities find meaningful work and become more independent.

The Opportunity Tree’s 60th Anniversary Soirée on Friday, October 13th, 2023 marks six decades of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Arizona.

Season for Sharing grants help homeless, domestic violence survivors, foster families, older adults.

Sandy Lopez, senior services manager for the city of Avondale, received the Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Community Builder Award. The award was presented by the Center for the Future of

Only 4% of Boy Scouts reach the rank of Eagle Scout, known as the organization’s highest achievement. Litchfield Park resident Garrett Michels is hopeful of becoming one of the 2.5

The Opportunity Tree advocates for individuals with disabilities to gain skills for employment opportunities.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article was produced in partnership with the Arizona Daily Star, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. On New Year’s Eve 2018, an Arizona long-term care facility became a crime scene. A 29-year-old resident with disabilities so profound she could not talk, walk or care for herself shocked staff when she gave birth to a boy. No...