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Lifespan Respite Tools: State Examples

Lifespan Respite Background

Caregiver Assessment

Consumer Information

Employer Engagement

Faith-Based and Volunteer Respite

Integrating Respite into State Systems

Memoranda of Understanding

Minigrants

Needs Assessments and Surveys

Organizational Structure and Job Descriptions

Performance Measurement and Data Tools

Respite Marketing and Public Awareness

Respite Provider Training Resources

Respite Voucher Guidance

Service Delivery/Voucher Tools

Strategic and State Plans
Conference Calls: Lifespan Respite Grantee/Partner
Respite Discussion Forum
State Lifespan Respite Summit Highlights
ARCH Advisory Committee
Past Lifespan Grantee/Partner Meetings and Learning Symposiums
- 2016 Symposium Highlights, Denver, CO
- 2015 Symposium Highlights, Washington, DC
- 2014 Symposium Highlights, Nashville, TN
- 2013 Symposium Highlights, Boston, MA
- 2012 Symposium Highlights, Arlington, VA
Expert Panel on Respite Research
Internet Links for Lifespan Respite Programs

2013 Lifespan Respite Grantee/Partner Learning Symposium

Boston, MA
October 18, 2013

Summary Meeting Notes
Click here.

Agenda, click here

Handouts

Participant List, click here.

TA Needs Form, click here.

Peer-Led Discussion Topics

The Ins and Outs of Voucher Respite
Jennifer Abernathy, TN Respite Coalition

Voucher Tools

Helpline Form
Approval Letter
Program Expectations
Family Respite Plan
Respite Provider Information Form
Voucher

Creating Trained Respite Workers
Gina Ervay, Kansas Lifespan Respite Coalition and Sharon Kaiser, NH Lifespan Respite Program

NH Training and Registry Tools

NH Lifespan Respite Provider Curriculum
State Registry Consent Forms
Enrollment Request for Respite Training

Engaging the Faith-Community in Respite
MaryJo Alimena Caruso. PA Respite Coalition

Presentations

Opportunities to Advance Lifespan Respite: Managed Long-Term Services and Supports and Affordable Care Act Options, PPT Slides: click here

Joe Caldwell
Director of Long-Term Services and Supports Policy
National Council on Aging

Developing a Lifespan Respite Logic Model: Articulating a shared framework for accountability, PPT Slides: click here

Draft Logic Models, click here

Ray Kirk and Casandra Firman
ARCH

ARCH Training/TA Update, PPT Slides click here
Jill Kagan

National Conference Lifespan Respite Track

Peer Presentations, click here.

Lifespan Respite

Technical Assistance Center

ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center

4016 Oxford Street

Annandale, VA 22003

(703) 256-2084 www.archrespite.org

This project is supported, in part by grant number 90LT0002, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.

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