Sustaining Lifespan Respite Systems: Lessons Learned and Practical Applications with a Checklist for Success

Author: Susan Janko Summers, PhD, ARCH

With technical assistance from ARCH and The Finance Project, eight Exemplar States chosen from among the Lifespan Respite grantees and partners, worked to develop comprehensive state sustainability plans for lifespan respite care. Through in-depth interviews conducted as part of an evaluation of The Finance Project ’s technical assistance efforts, the Exemplar States shared the wisdom they gained from their actual experience in developing Sustainability Plans. Their challenges and successes, along with experiences shared by other states undertaking sustainability planning activities, informed this document on Lessons Learned in sustainability.