Enterline Foundation Awards!

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Accelerating Innovation

in Direct Support Professional Recruitment and Retention

The Enterline Foundation is pleased to announce its 2025 grant awards. A singular focus on accelerating innovation to address the DSP workforce crisis was the driving force behind the Foundation’s 2025 grantmaking.

The Foundation received 107 eligible single-year applications from IDD providers and 11 from IDD sector-based organizations. Three multi-year requests were solicited from provider organizations.

Successful applicants represent seven states including Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

Awards went to: (Congrats to Michigan based awardee, Incompass Michigan 🎉)

North Coast Community Homes

Cleveland, OH

Residential Services PROPS Program: Enhancing

Disability Service Provider Excellence

Incompass Michigan

Lansing, MI

Transforming Organizational Culture for DSP Success

Bancroft

Cherry Hill, NJ

DSP Certification Program

Intersect for Ability

Chicago, IL

PHI “Train the Trainer” Curriculum for Front Line Supervisors and DSPs

Stepping Stones

Cincinnati, OH

Pathways to Excellent Care: DSP Training and Professional Development

The Arc of Southwest Georgia

Albany, GA

Bolstering the DSP Workforce, a Recruitment and Retention Incentive Plan

Penn-York Opportunities

Athens, PA

DSP Job Shadow and Internship for High School Students

Frank Olean Center

Westerly, RI

Career Ladder Advancement and Retention for

Front Line Supervisors and DSPs

Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest

East Orange, NJ

Work Incentive Planning Certification for DSPs

Gifts were also awarded to The Enterline Foundation’s Legacy Partners:

Annandale Village

Suwanee, GA

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Deepwood Foundation

Cleveland, OH

Hi-Hope Service Center

Lawrenceville, GA

Holy Angels

Belmont, NC

Join Our Place

Atlanta, GA

New Avenues to Independence

Cleveland, OH