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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Sumner Senior Volunteer Program

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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Saint Louis Crisis Nursery

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

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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Musical Memories Café

Innovative and Exemplary (2024): The Musical Memories Café, located in rural West Falls, New York and nearby communities, provides shared respite experiences for persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and dementias and…

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C.H.A.I. (Caregiving Helping Aid Initiative)

Innovative and Exemplary (2024): C.H.A.I. (Caregiving Helping Aid Initiative), is a Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) program. Located in Sterling Heights, Michigan, C.H.A.I. strengthens the CCF’s mission by continuing to improve…

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ONEgeneration Adult Day Program

Innovative and Exemplary (2022): ONEgeneration Adult Day Program provides center-based respite services to caregivers of adults 18 years or older with intellectual or developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, aging-related conditions, dementia or…

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