Ryan House
Innovative and Exemplary (2020): Ryan House in Phoenix, Arizona, has been providing pediatric respite, life-enhancing therapeutic activities, and pediatric palliative and hospice care to help families navigate their children’s life…
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…
Read MoreRhode Island CareBreaks – Nursing Student Respite Workforce Initiative
Innovative and Exemplary (2020): The Rhode Island CareBreaks – Nursing Student Respite Workforce Initiative has supported caregivers of children and adults with long-term disabilities or medical needs, especially underserved families for…
Read MoreChildServe Respite
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 MoreVanessa Behan
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): Vanessa Behan in Spokane, WA, in operation nearly forty years, is designed to support parents and primary caregivers in a way that prevents the potential for…
Read MoreRespite Care, Inc.
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): Respite Care, Inc. in Fort Collins, CO, provides short-term and overnight respite care to more than 165 children with developmental disabilities from infancy to age 21.…
Read MoreProvidence House
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): Providence House in Cleveland, OH, was established four decades ago by Sister Hope Greener. In July 2025, a second crisis nursery was opened on Cleveland’s East…
Read MoreGio’s Garden
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 operation…
Read MoreA Rosie Place for Children
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): A Rosie Place for Children in South Bend, IN, the first (and only) specialty hospital in Indiana, serving all 92 counties, exclusively supporting medically fragile children…
Read MoreGeorge Mark Children’s House
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): George Mark Children’s House, in San Leandro, California, provides individualized, residential medical care and caring attention to children birth to 22 years with complex physical and medical…
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