ARCH - Advocacy

Lifespan Respite
Technical Assistance Center

State Lifespan Respite Advocacy Initiatives

For more on state advocacy, see Caregiver and Respite Task Forces

Arkansas

The Arkansas Lifespan Respite Coalition has held several Respite Legislative Awareness Days at the State Capitol. Material distributed includes an Agenda, Awareness Day Proclamation, and a Respite Infographic.

Oklahoma

In October 2018, Oklahoma’s Caregiving and Respite Care Programs presented an Interim Study at the Oklahoma State Capital. A panel of service providers representing different age groups shared their community's perspectives on respite services. In addition, information was shared about the Oklahoma Caregiver Needs Assessment Survey; the benefits of caregiving and respite as an alternative to costly institutionalization; and policy suggestions to balance caregiving and respite resources in Oklahoma. View the Event Agenda, the Interim Study presentation and a table of OK's Statewide Respite programs.

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.

The ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center is a division of the Chapel Hill Training-Outreach Project, Inc. | 800 Eastowne Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514 | www.chtop.org