Direct support professional training in Alabama is governed by the Alabama Department of Mental Health, Division of Developmental Disabilities (ADMH-DDD). Provider agencies are certified under Chapter 580-5-30 of the Alabama Administrative Code (Intellectual Disabilities Services), and the division's Operational Guidelines Manual and Community Waiver Program (CWP) provider requirements spell out exactly what direct-service personnel must complete before and after they begin serving people.

Under the CWP direct-service personnel requirements (revised March 14, 2025), staff must complete 12 hours of training in the "Before Serving People" block. That block is built from named AL-ECF curriculum modules — Welcome to ECF, Orientation, Introduction to the CWP, Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Keys to Independence, Community Participation, Standard Precautions, and Signs/Symptoms and Medication Side Effects — plus First Aid and CPR, individual-specific training on the people the DSP will support, and training in intervention/prevention and management of aggressive behavior, infection control, and service-specific content whose materials must be "provided or pre-approved by ADMH/DDD." Additional AL-ECF module blocks are then due at the 30-day and 60-day marks.

Beyond the core blocks, Alabama layers on role-specific add-ons: job-coaching staff complete a named TRN Job Coaching curriculum, and providers must deliver additional hours of provider-sourced content (12 or 8 hours depending on role) that "augments" the state's platform curriculum. Each certified agency must also maintain mandated General Administrative and DSP training plans under Ala. Admin. Code 580-5-30-.11, and ADMH-DDD certification reviews verify that training documentation matches those plans.

Medication is handled through Alabama's Medication Assistance Certification (MAC) program together with nurse delegation. MAC training and the nurse-delegation coursework are delivered through the ADMH Relias "Academy," and unlicensed staff assist with or administer medications only within that framework — there is no independent DSP medication credential outside the ADMH structure.

The delivery model is the paragraph Alabama providers most need to understand: this is a state-curriculum state. ADMH-DDD's Operational Guidelines Manual (revised March 1, 2026, §A.6.2) states that ADMH-DDD "maintains Relias as the centralized electronic LMS" and that it is the "primary platform for delivery, tracking, and documentation of mandated and elective training" statewide. The CWP core is the AL-ECF module set — Alabama's adoption of Tennessee's ECF curriculum, hosted free on the TBR platform — and MAC certification runs through the ADMH Relias academy. A provider cannot substitute a third-party course for the named AL-ECF modules; the open space is limited to CPR/First Aid, behavior-management training, the provider-sourced augment hours, and electives, some of which run through an ADMH/DDD pre-approval channel.

Training and eTracking Solutions works with Alabama providers inside that reality rather than around it. We do not claim to replace the AL-ECF core or the ADMH Relias MAC pathway — those are state-delivered. Where TeTS adds value is the open portion: supplemental and elective coursework for the provider-sourced augment hours, onboarding content that goes beyond the state minimum, and compliance tracking that consolidates AL-ECF completions, MAC status, CPR/First Aid cards, and individual-specific training into one audit-ready record for ADMH-DDD certification reviews.