Agape Respite Care, Inc

Innovative and Exemplary (2019):

Agape Respite Care, Inc., Berne, Indiana, provides in-home, community-based, and 24/7 out of home respite care from 2 hours up to 10 consecutive day stays, located in a residential setting enabling families to maintain their loved ones in their community. Trained Direct Support Professionals care for persons with intellectual and/or physical disabilities from birth and throughout the lifespan.  For more than thirty years, Agape Respite Care has long partnerships with families of children who began respite as preschoolers and continued into adulthood. Their summer baseball program serves school age children through high school, and any individual receiving services from Agape Respite Care. Those wishing to keep playing after high school graduation continue to be welcomed, and some players are in their 15th season. Agape began the process of working toward a small expansion of their current respite home and a revitalization of their outdoor play area. Like their long relationships with families, Agape Respite Care has long relationships with staff members––some who have been with their organization for almost two decades.

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Programs are initially reviewed after three years to assess continued status as Innovative and Exemplary, and every five years thereafter. Following their second review, recognition of Agape Respite Care, Inc. as Innovative and Exemplary was extended to January 1, 2031.