Mitch Tyler of EPI receives October DSP of the Month

posted on Friday, November 1, 2013

Waterloo, IA - Exceptional Persons, Inc.’s (EPI’s) Mitch Tyler has joined EPI’s 5 Star Club as he was awarded October’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.

Mitch’s nominator had many wonderful things to say, “Mitch has always been a great DSP and supporter of those he supports and helps them to realize their dreams.  He is attentive to those he supports, listening to them and encouraging them to express their desires.”

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.