Stepping Up Again, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
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…
Read MoreDuet: Partners in Health & Aging – Kinship Care Services
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.…
Read MorePause for Parents, Play for Kids
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…
Read MoreAutism Eats
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…
Read MoreWill’s House
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…
Read MoreEagle Valley Children’s Home Respite
Rising Star (2022): Eagle Valley Children’s Home Respite Program, established in 1985, began by serving four caregivers of children with disabilities, and through “word-of-mouth” in this rural area, has grown…
Read MoreCommunity Connections
Rising Star (2022): 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…
Read MoreParc Center for Disabilities, Caregiver Relief Services
Innovative and Exemplary (2022): Parc Center for Disabilities, Caregiver Relief Services, in existence 15 years, serves children birth through 22 years with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities, mental health or…
Read MoreHEARTS Respite
Innovative and Exemplary (2022): 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…
Read MoreLutheran Services in Iowa Respite Care
Innovative and Exemplary (2021): 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…
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