{"id":9385,"date":"2026-01-21T06:29:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consumerdirectcare.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=9385"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:46:25","slug":"the-state-of-americas-direct-support-workforce-crisis-2025-ancor","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.consumerdirectcare.com\/so\/blog\/faq\/the-state-of-americas-direct-support-workforce-crisis-2025-ancor\/","title":{"rendered":"Xaaladda dhibaatada shaqaalaha ee taageerada tooska ah ee Mareykanka 2025. ANCOR."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Xigasho:&nbsp;<\/strong>ANCOR. (2025).&nbsp;<em>Xaaladda dhibaatada shaqaalaha ee taageerada tooska ah ee Mareykanka 2025<\/em>Shabakadda Mareykanka ee Ikhtiyaarada Bulshada iyo Kheyraadka.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-State-of-Americas-Direct-Support-Workforce-Crisis-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ancor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-State-of-Americas-Direct-Support-Workforce-Crisis-2025.pdf<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soo Koobid:&nbsp;<\/strong>Warbixintu waxay soo bandhigaysaa natiijooyin laga helay sahamintii ANCOR ee 2025 ee bixiyeyaasha adeegga naafada, taasoo shaaca ka qaadaysa yaraanta shaqaalaha ee joogtada ah ee xirfadlayaasha taageerada tooska ah (DSPs), heerka shaqo ka eryidda oo sarreeya iyo heerarka boosaska bannaan, iyo dhimista barnaamijyada oo baahsan, iyadoo bixinaysa talooyin lagu xoojinayo shaqaalaysiinta iyo haynta adeegyada ku salaysan bulshada.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq-category":[47],"class_list":["post-9385","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-caregiver-crisis-workforce-challenges"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The state of America\u2019s direct support workforce crisis 2025.\u00a0ANCOR. - Consumer Direct Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerdirectcare.com\/so\/blog\/faq\/the-state-of-americas-direct-support-workforce-crisis-2025-ancor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"so_SO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The state of America\u2019s direct support workforce crisis 2025.\u00a0ANCOR. - Consumer Direct Care\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Citation:&nbsp;ANCOR. 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