Lifespan Respite Technical Assistance and Resource Center 

Meeting the Respite Needs of the Nation’s Family Caregivers

Lifespan Respite is defined in the Lifespan Respite Care Act as "coordinated systems of community-based respite for family caregivers of children or adults regardless of special need."

Overview of the T/TA Network for Lifespan Respite

In 2020, ARCH was awarded its fourth cooperative agreement from the Administration for Community Living to house the Lifespan Respite Technical Assistance and Resource Center (TARC).  Through the TARC, ARCH provides training and technical assistance to the Lifespan Respite Network with a focus on performance measurement, sustainability, best practices, and research. Since the Lifespan Respite Care program was first funded in 2009, ACL has funded thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia to establish or enhance Statewide Lifespan Respite systems and ARCH provides training and technical assistance to them as well. For more information on the Lifespan Respite Program funded by ACL, click here. 

ARCH training and technical assistance activities include:

  • State site visits to assist with State Lifespan Summits to help states build or strengthen coalitions and prepare state agencies to apply for federal Lifespan Respite grants in the future

  • ARCH respite fact sheets on topics across age and disability categories

  • Learning Collaboratives and Symosiums

  • Guidebooks and webinars

  • Performance measurement guidance

  • Sustainability Planning

  • Promotion of new respite research through the Respite Research Consortium

  • Nine Steps to Respite for family caregivers and the National Respite Locator Service

  • A repository for respite training curricula and links to specific state resources 

  • An ongoing needs assessment of ARCH and State Lifespan Networks to assess new training and TA needs

  • Phone and email consultation 


 2018 Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment Results

 2020 Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment Results (abbreviated assessment)
 

Contact Us:

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Jill Kagan, MPH
Program Director
703.256.2084
703.256.0541 FAX
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Casandra FirmanNov 11

Casandra Firman
ARCH Senior Staff
360.769.7167
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If you are a State Lifespan Respite Grantee or Stakeholder, Visit the Grantee Networking Site
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States with  Lifespan Respite Grantsarrow-down

Contact information
2009 Grantees
  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Connecticut
  • District of Columbia
  • Illinois
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • North Carolina
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
2010 Grantees
  • Delaware
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Minnesota
  • Nebraska
  • New York
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Utah
  • Washington State
  • Wisconsin
2011 Grantees
  • Colorado
  • Hawaii
  • Montana
  • New Jersey
  • Ohio
  • Virginia
2012 Grantees

New state Grantee

  • Iowa

Integration and Sustainability Grantees

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • North Carolina
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Texas

Expansion Grantees

  • Massachusetts
  • Virginia
2013 Grantees

New State Grantee

  • Idaho

Integration and Sustainability Grantees

  • Delaware
  • District of Columbia
  • Massachusetts
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • Texas
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin
2014 Grantees

New State Grantee

  • Arkansas

Integration and Sustainability Grants

  • Alabama
  • Colorado
  • Delaware
  • Iowa
  • Massachusetts
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • Washington
2015 Grantee

New State Grantee

  • Florida
2016 Grantees

New State Grantees

  • Maryland
  • Mississippi

Program Expansion Supplement Grantees


  • Colorado
  • Delaware
  • Massachusetts
  • Montana
  • North Carolina
  • Washington
2017 Grantees

First Time State Grantees

  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota

Advancing State Lifespan Respite Systems Grantees

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Nevada
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Washington