2017 Lifespan Respite Grantee/Partner Learning SymposiumHuntsville, AL 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM |
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Facilitated Discussions on 1) coordinated Lifespan Respite Systems and 2) Volunteer Respite.
In this first 1-2-4 All facilitated discussion, the following questions were addressed by the full group:
1) How can we best respond in a systematic way to family caregivers looking for respite, or looking for resources to pay for respite?
2) How do we best recruit, prepare, use, and keep high-quality volunteer respite providers?
Jed Johnson from national Easterseals shares a funding opportunity for Lifespan Respite grantees and coalitions from the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Easterseals for mini-grants to engage military and veteran caregivers in respite training or coalition activities. Deadline for submitting the application to Easterseals is October 31, 2017.
Heather Menne, evaluation staff from the Administration for Community Living, shares the background, plans, and timeline for ACL to develop required outcome measures for Lifespan Respite grantees. She invites participants to be involved in a data workgroup convened by ACL to assist with the process.
Discussion on Uniform Data Collection. Group engages in 1-2-4-All facilitated discussion to provide input into ACL's plan to collect uniform performance measures for Lifespan Respite grant activities.
Reporting Form for 1-2-4-All Discussion
ARCH Overview; ARCH Training and Technical Needs Assessment; and ARCH Sustainability Learning Collaborative
Jill Kagan, ARCH, provides an overview of current and future training and technical assistance activities; Ray Kirk, ARCH, discusses the upcoming training and technical assistance needs survey that grantees and partners will be asked to complete in November; and Susan Summers, ARCH, introduces the group to the ARCH Lifespan Respite Sustainability Learning Collaborative, a peer to peer group sharing skills and experience in sustainability planning, and invites more grantees and partners to join.