Pause 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…
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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…
Read MoreParc Center for Disabilities, Caregiver Relief Services
Innovative and Exemplary (2022): 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…
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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 physical…
Read MoreTRE-ADD Respite Choices Community Living Toronto
Innovative and Exemplary (2020): TRE-ADD Respite Choices of Community Living Toronto offers hourly, overnight, camp, and community-based respite for children and adults with complex medical needs. Respite services are for children…
Read MoreRISE Wisconsin, Inc., The Respite Center
Innovative and Exemplary (2020): The Respite Center at RISE was conceptualized over forty years ago, when concerned staff at a local child-care center began looking for ways to support families…
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Innovative and Exemplary (2020): The needs and priorities of Iowa’s caregivers and their children are foremost in the development of respite options offered by ChildServe. Caregivers with children birth to…
Read MoreCaregiving Youth Project of the American Association of Caregiving Youth
Innovative and Exemplary (2020): The Caregiving Youth Project, an initiative of the American Association of Caregiving Youth, supports young people who are providing care for a family member. These youth…
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Innovative and Exemplary (2019): Gio’s Garden, in Middleton, WI, is a therapeutic respite care program for children seven years and younger who have significant developmental or physical delays. In its eighth…
Read MoreAssistance with Residential Care in the Home (ARCH) Respite Care
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): Assistance with Residential Care in the Home (ARCH) Respite Care, St. Louis Arc, St. Louis, MO is a consumer-directed respite service that helps a person with developmental…
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