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CDS PARTNERS
MEET OUR PARTNERS
The College of Direct Support values its association and partnerships with national organizations that are committed to building the capacity of our provider system to provide choice in the lives of people with disabilities.
Our partners are:
ANCOR Foundation – American Network of Community Options and Resources.
DDNA – Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association.
NCCET – National Council for Continuing Education and Training.
Philadelphia Insurance Companies.
At the CDS, we are “Building Careers, Supporting Lives.” Our partners support us in our efforts and we support each in their missions as well.
Below you will learn more about each of our partners. We have included links to their respective websites to assist you in learning even more about each partner, their organizations and their missions.
We salute each of them for their hard work and contributions and we are honored to call them “Our Partners.”
ANCOR
The American Network of Community Options and Resources – ANCOR – is a nonprofit trade association representing private providers who provide supports and services to people with disabilities. ANCOR is distinguished in this industry by its balance of leading practices resources and advocacy for member agencies and the people and families they serve and support.
ANCOR’s efforts in the area of public policy, federal legislative and regulatory initiatives, judicial results, state-level initiatives and the culling of leading practices have uniquely positioned it as the national presence for private providers. Congress and federal agencies turn to ANCOR as the authority in our profession.
The ANCOR Foundation is a major component of ANCOR and its mission is to build the commitment and capacity of providers and communities to improve the quality of the life for people with disabilities. The Foundation’s vision focuses on people with disabilities living meaningful, productive, personally satisfying and well-supported lives in communities of their choice.
The College of Direct Support and ANCOR are partners in the ANCOR Buying Pool in which ANCOR members receive significant savings on enrolling in and having staff trained using the CDS. Please open this PDF file to read about the Buying Pool.
To learn more about the ANCOR Foundation and ANCOR and its array of programs and priorities, visit its website at www.ancor.org or call ANCOR at 1.703.535.7850.
…Through the CDS, a small rural state can obtain the highest quality, state-of-the-art, cost-effective training for its DSPs. South Dakota uses the CDS statewide as a major part of efforts to make available added professionalism, value, credentials, and a quality, uniform knowledge base for our most important workforce."
Thomas Scheinost
Executive Director
South Dakota Association of Community-Based Services
