State Respite Legislation – Advancing Respite for Family Caregivers

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State Lifespan Respite grantees and their state coalition partners are exploring strategies to help sustain activities to expand and enhance respite resources and options for family caregivers, to increase capacity…

Looking Beyond Federal Funding: Examples of State Funding for Respite, July 18, 2018

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Call Description:  What do we know about state funding for respite? Here are a few examples of states that are successfully using state resources to support respite for families across the…

Virginia Family Caregiver Stakeholder Workgroup: Recommendations for Improving Family Caregiver Support in Virginia 2018

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The Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) convened the Virginia Family Caregiver Stakeholder Workgroup beginning in July 2017 in response to requests from legislators and advocates to study…

Nebraska Respite Task Force Report

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The Munroe-Meyer Institute, through the Respite Across the Lifespan UCEDD program, was awarded a one-year opportunity grant from the Nebraska Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities. Funding for this project ran…

Idaho’s Lifespan Family Caregiver Action Plan

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This plan, developed by the Idaho Family Caregiver Alliance, is the product of countless hours of research, outreach, deliberation, and problem solving. It reflects the voice of thousands of often…

North Dakota Family Caregiver Supports and Services Study, 2016

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This study was solicited and funded by the North Dakota Legislative Management. As provided in Section 1 of 2015 House Bill No. 1279, the study was to develop a resource directory of…

2016 Final Report of the Task Force on Family Caregiving and Long Term Supports

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Maryland’s Task Force on Family Caregiving and Long-Term Supports was formed by SB 297, Ch 155 to “identify those policies, programs, and resources currently available to [caregivers], and also look…

Colorado Respite Care Task Force Report

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Colorado Respite Care Task Force 2016 Report to: Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee Colorado General Assembly Members of The House Public Health Care And Human Services…

New Mexico’s State Plan for Family Caregivers

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New Mexico’s Family Caregiver Task Force The Task Force was established by HJM 4 in 2014 to “create a state plan for addressing the challenges faced by family caregivers.” One of…

Caregivers in Idaho

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A Report from the Idaho Caregiver Task Force and the Idaho Caregiver Alliance, December, 2015 Supported with funds from AARP-Idaho and the Idaho Caregiver Alliance (sponsored by the Idaho Commission…