Resource Library: Publications
Federal Funding and Support Opportunities for Respite
Building Blocks for Lifespan Respite Systems This guide provides information about each of the federal programs that provides or could potentially provide respite funding or support. It is meant to…
ARCH Annotated Bibliography of Respite and Crisis Care Studies, 2nd Edition
This document annotates published research studies that focus on respite outcomes and contains brief summaries of 38 articles written between 1979 and 2002 and published in professional, peer-reviewed journals. The…
Measuring Systems Change: A Brief Guide
Prepared by Administration for Community Living, Office of Performance and Evaluation, ACL Data Council, 2021 This brief provides an introduction to measuring systems change, including how systems and systems change…
North Carolina Volunteer Caregiver Respite Consortium
Developed by the Center for Volunteer Caregiving in Cary, NC, as an initiative included in the State’s three-year Lifespan Respite Grant. The Center for Volunteer Caregiving has pledged ongoing support…
Statewide Family Networks
Prepared by Elizabeth Sweet, M.Ed., Public Health Advisor, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Statewide Family Networks are funded by the Substance Abuse…
ARCH List of Crisis Nurseries
ARCH List of Crisis Nurseries is a list that is provided by ARCH for informational purposes only and is not all-inclusive. The fact that a program is or is not…
Study of Four Lifespan Respite Programs
In 2004, ARCH endeavored to secure the most current information about the existing State Lifespan Respite Programs by conducting state surveys and follow-up interviews. While only four states had implemented…
Planned and Crisis Respite for Families with Children: Results of a Collaborative Study
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center (ARCH), and Casey Family Programs (CFP) National Center for Resource Family Support collaborated to lay…
Evaluating Outcomes for Children and Families Receiving Crisis Nursery Services
The ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center conducted the Crisis Nursery Program evaluation to examine relationships between crisis respite care and (1) incidents of reported child abuse and (2)…
Respite Programs for Adults and the Aging: A Start-up Manual
This 258-page manual, contains all of the topics addressed in the original manual (Bringing Respite to Your Community). Examples, forms, and resources relevant to services for adults were substituted for…
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