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…
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 community,…
Read MoreThe Center for Volunteer Caregiving
Innovative and Exemplary (2022): The Center for Volunteer Caregiving has a 22-year history providing in-home respite to caregivers of adults with physical disabilities, dementia and memory conditions, chronic illness, and special…
Read MoreHome Away from Home Respite Center
Innovative and Exemplary (2021): The Home Away from Home Respite Center, now at the University of Rochester Medicine, was created to address an identified gap in community services for aging populations with…
Read MoreBethel Life, Loving Hands
Rising Star (2020): 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…
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 MoreLifespan of Greater Rochester, Partners in Caring
Innovative and Exemplary (2020): The Partners in Caring (formerly Caregiver Respite Program) at Lifespan of Greater Rochester, New York, in a strong partnership with the Alzheimer’s Foundation, has for more…
Read MoreRespite Care, Inc.
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): Respite Care, Inc. in Fort Collins, CO, provides short-term respite care to 75 children with developmental disabilities from infancy to age 21, and up to six…
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 its eighth…
Read MoreClaude Moore Precious Time
Innovative and Exemplary (2019): Claude Moore Precious Time in Harrisonburg, VA works with the James Madison University College of Health and Behavioral Studies to match nursing and health and human service…
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