Imagine making a difference in the world by working toward something that truly matters every single day. That’s what inspired Jake Brandon when he started out supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) as a Direct Support Professional (DSP) employee at RISE Services, Inc. For DSPs like Jake, their role can be truly life-changing.

This week is a special week for all of us here at RISE. It is national Direct Support Professionals week. This is the week that we recognized both locally and nationally all the wonderful men and women that care for the people we support. Thanks to each and every one of you. You are the […]

Arizona’s Medicaid program continues to lead the U.S. in providing cost-effective, high-quality services to people with developmental disabilities, according to a national survey. United Cerebral Palsy’s state rankings, released Thursday, put Arizona first overall for the fifth time in the survey’s seven years, owing largely to the state’s nearly universal use of home-based services for […]