Rachel Sun at The Lewiston Tribune reports a Pilot Apprenticeship Program for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) may soon help more people develop workforce skills for caring for people with disabilities. The program will be run through Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC), in collaboration with organizations across the state of Idaho that provide DSP service. Some of those include locations near Coeur d’Alene, Boise, Idaho Falls and Pocatello, said Doug Cruthirds, who serves as Director of Workforce Training at LCSC. Funded by a two-year, $250,000 grant from the Idaho Workforce Development Council, the Apprenticeship aims to bring in 40 new trainees in the first two years. That money will go toward hiring a professional to oversee the program, borrowing curricula from a third party to kickstart the program, and developing curricula specific for Idaho that will be used further down the line, said Cruthirds, who hopes to start the first cohort in the Fall - though the exact timeline is unclear.

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