Category: Announcements
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Action Alert from Incompass Michigan and MALA:
Contact Your Legislators to Address Direct Care Wage Funding Shortfall The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently issued a Memorandum indicating that all qualifying direct care workers (DCWs) should becompensated, prior to overtime consideration, at least $17.13 per hour beginning January 1, 2026. DCWs clearly deserve higher wages. However, the MDHHS memo places the onus of compensation at that wage level on…
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Welcome new associate member, Dani Plan!
Dani Plan is a centralized hub to help consolidate and organize all of the information needed to care for someone with a disability! We ensure seamless transitions and dignity for individuals with a disability and provide peace of mind for the people that care for them. Learn more here: https://daniplan.com/
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Incompass Michigan and MALA Reaffirm Commitment to Collaboration
Incompass Michigan and Michigan Assisted Living Association (MALA) are pleased to reaffirm continuation of their collaborative efforts. For over a decade, collaboration has included working together on key statewide issues with importance to both associations, including: behavioral health system design, funding for behavioral health services, direct care worker wages, and Home and Community Based Services…
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Incompass Michigan Awarded in 2026 MIOSHA Grant
We’re proud to announce that Incompass Michigan has been awarded a 2026 grant from MIOSHA to deliver neurodiversity-conscious workplace safety training across Michigan. This funding will help ensure that workers with intellectual/developmental disabilities, autism, and other neurodivergent conditions receive safety training tailored to their communication and learning needs. You can learn more about the grant…
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2025 Holiday Shopping Guide
Featuring Michigan Based Social Enterprises Social Enterprises serve as pivotal agents of change, adeptly addressing pressing social challenges while simultaneously fostering job creation, spurring economic advancement, and fortifying community resilience. They are revenue-generating businesses with a mission, using their profits and business practices to address a societal need. Social enterprises focus on generating revenue from…
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Member Food Drive Challenge
Incompass Michigan is launching an inaugural Food Drive Challenge for our members to support their local food banks before the Holiday season approaches. Members will have until Friday, December 5 to raise as many non-perishable food items as possible. The member organization that raises the most donations, in pounds, will win a custom trophy and bragging rights until the 2026 Challenge. A list of high demand items can be…
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Center for Social Enterprise Development kicks off first Social Enterprise Collective
New program is helping organizations with social missions find lasting success and connect more Michiganders with employment opportunities Twenty-nine Michigan-based organizations with a social or community-based mission are participating in the first collective of its kind, receiving resources to aid in their growth, thanks to a new program offered jointly by the Small Business Association…
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2025 Call For Breakout Session Proposals
Are you an innovative industry leader with knowledge to share? Then we’re looking for you! You’re invited to share your expertise at re:con – the convention of new beginnings. Presenting at re:con is a unique opportunity to reach a broad audience from across the state in the disability community including: advocates, providers, educators and consumers. Current…
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Center for Social Enterprise Development Press Release
Michigan mission-driven small businesses welcomed to apply for new program to help them grow Center for Social Enterprise Development is sponsored by Small Business Association of Michigan and Incompass Michigan Lansing, MI – Michigan-based, mission-locked small businesses can now apply for resources to aid in their growth, thanks to a new program offered jointly by…
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Accelerating Innovation in Direct Support Professional Recruitment and Retention
The Enterline Foundation has announced 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. Incompass Michigan is pleased to announce selection as a 2025 Enterline Foundation…