Autism Eats
Rising Star: 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 country…
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Innovative and Exemplary: 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 caring…
Read MoreEagle Valley Children’s Home Respite
Rising Star: Eagle Valley Children’s Home Respite, established in 1985, began by serving four caregivers of children with disabilities, and through “word-of-mouth” in this rural area, has grown over the…
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Rising Star: Community Connections was established in 2007 when the owners of a pediatric therapy clinic observed that children with developmental disabilities tended to be excluded from the greater community, and…
Read MoreLUK (Let Us Know) Hourly Respite Program
Innovative LUK (Let us Know) Hourly Respite Program, established in 2004, provides respite services to caregivers of children birth to 18-years with emotional and/or behavioral disturbances in a center-based setting,…
Read MoreParc Center for Disabilities, Caregiver Relief Services
Innovative and Exemplary Parc Center for Disabilities, Caregiver Relief Services, in existence 12 years, serves children birth through 18 years with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities, mental health or behavioral…
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Innovative and Exemplary: HEARTS (Health, Emergency, And Respite Treatment Service) at United Cerebral Palsy of Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley provides home-based respite to caregivers of children birth to 19 years with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities,…
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Innovative and Exemplary: Lutheran Services in Iowa Respite Care has offered respite to caregivers of children with disabilities and mental and emotional conditions for 19 years. Based on both research and…
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Innovative and Exemplary: The Crisis Nursery in Urbana, Illinois has provided emergency crisis respite care to children birth to six-years-of-age for 37 years. Based on best practice research and observed need, the…
Read MoreBethel Life, Loving Hands
Rising Star: Loving HANDS is a faith-based program with a monthly family-night-off for caregivers of children with special needs as its centerpiece. Relationships across individuals, families, the local faith community,…
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