OK ABLE Tech: Respite Kits Program

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Rising Star (2025): OK ABLE Tech: Respite Kits Program at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma works with Oklahoma Human Services and with the Oklahoma Lifespan Respite Care Program to…

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Stepping Up Again, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

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Rising Star (2025) Stepping Up Again, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, located in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is a recent program within AgeSpan’s Family Caregiver Support Program. AgeSpan is a fifty-year-old agency serving older…

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Duet: Partners in Health & Aging – Kinship Care Services

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Innovative and Exemplary (2025) Duet: Partners in Health & Aging – Kinship Care Services, located in Phoenix, Arizona, provided 7,600 hours of respite to 144 grandfamilies during the past year.…

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Pause for Parents, Play for Kids

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Innovative and Exemplary (2025): Pause for Parents, Play for Kids, located in Liberty Township, Ohio, was established ten years ago in response to local planning data showing that 100% of…

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Sumner Senior Volunteer Program

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Innovative and Exemplary (2025): Sumner Senior Volunteer Program, based in Nashville, Tennessee, replicates Tennessee’s AmeriCorps-funded Senior Companion Program, and provides four or more hours of in-home or virtual respite per…

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Neighbor Network of Northern Nevada’s Community Care Program

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Innovative and Exemplary (2025): Neighbor Network of Northern Nevada’s Community Care Program, serving 12 counties in Northern Nevada, was established five years ago. Guided by a human-centered design approach for…

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Share the Care™

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Rising Star (2025): Share the Care™, located in Winter Park, Florida, has offered an array of respite, case management, and behavioral health services and supports to caregivers of adults 18-years…

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Autism Eats

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Rising Star (2024): Autism Eats, recognized as a Rising Star, is located in Boston, Massachusetts. As a non-profit entity, it has organized more than 150 shared respite events across the…

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Saint Louis Crisis Nursery

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Innovative and Exemplary (2024): The Saint Louis Crisis Nursery has provided trauma-responsive 24/7/365 emergency respite care services for children in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri region for nearly 40 years.…

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Will’s House

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Innovative and Exemplary (2024): Will’s House, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was especially designed to provide customized respite care, including medical needs care, short-term, long-term, and emergency respite, to support families…

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