EPI's Darcy Badura receives March DSP of the month

posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Waterloo, IA - Exceptional Persons, Inc.’s (EPI’s) Darcy Badura has joined EPI’s 5 Star Club as she was awarded March’s Direct Support Professional (DSP) of the month.

EPI’s 5-Star Club was created to celebrate the outstanding work of DSP’s at EPI. Peers nominate fellow DSP’s and recipients are chosen from those nominations. 

Darcy’s nominator stated the following.  “Darcy gets to know persons served and their interests, preferences and aspirations in order to meet their needs.  She actively seeks to assist persons served with accomplishing goals and be more independent.”

EPI, founded in 1957 in Waterloo, Iowa, as Exceptional Persons, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization created as a catalyst for community based services for people with developmental and other related disabilities. Today’s EPI fosters the active community participation of people with disabilities through residential and transportation services, day activity centers, community living, as well as works to expand child care options and to improve the quality of child care available for families in Northeast Iowa. EPI serves over 5,500 children, adults, and families in Northeast Iowa a year and employs more than 400 dedicated individuals.