Respite Voucher Learning Collaborative
The Respite Voucher Learning Collaborative (LC) provides peer leadership and networking to explore the many issues to be considered in respite voucher program design and implementation. In implementing a respite voucher program, States use a variety of delivery and reimbursement systems, target different populations, and define provider eligibility differently. These and other issues are addressed. You are welcome to join the LC if you are in the planning stages for your program or if you are a seasoned administrator.
The LC is facilitated by LC leaders, Nadine Walter and Aietah Stephens, partners in the OK Lifespan Respite grant and Tracy Kahlo with Lifespan Respite Washington. Please contact Jill Kagan if you would like to join the Respite Voucher Learning Collaborative. The LC meets 4 times a year.
Respite Voucher Resources, click here
Results of Respite Voucher Survey, 2021, click here.
Results of Respite Voucher Survey, Fall 2018, click here
Practical Considerations for Respite Voucher Programs, click here.
Meetings
April 21, 2022
Exploring Administrative and Outreach Issues in Respite Voucher Programs
ARCH Intro Slides
Breakout Room Discussion Guide
Recordings of Main Room and Breakout Room Discussions
- Main Room Intro and Discussion
- NOTES - Breakout Room Discussion Group #1. Flexible and Responsive Voucher Programs (no recording available).
- Breakout Room Discussion Group #2 - Outreach to Special Populations
- Breakout Room Discussion Group #3 - Helping Family Caregivers Navigate and Access Respite
January 20, 2022
Overview of Self-Direction and Update of Participant-Directed Respite Guidebook
Presentation of Molly Morris, Kate and Merle Edwards Orr, Applied Self-Direction, PPT Slides
October 6, 2021
2021 Respite Voucher Survey Results
Results of 2021 Respite Voucher Survey
ARCH PPT Slides
PPT Slides, Aietah Stephens, Executive Director, Sooner SUCCESS, OU Health Sciences Center
PPT Slides, Tracy Kahlo, Lifespan Respite Washington
February 10, 2021
Voucher Survey and Revisiting Respite During the Pandemic
October 27, 2020
Respite Rx: What Caregivers Need Now
Presenter: Cheryl Dinnell, Program Coordinator, Nevada Aging & Disability Services Division
Resources
ADDED 4/25/2021 Final Report - Caregiver Respite Self-Directed Pilot
Intake Form used by Nevada Care Connection when they identify a caregiver
LifeCourse Respite Portfolio used by Respite Design Session to ensure person and family-centered respite
March 13, 2020
Respite Voucher Programs in Oklahoma and South Carolina
Presenters (Voucher Collaborative Members):
PPT SlidesRobyn A. Boswell, Special Programs Coordinator, Sooner SUCCESS, Respite Voucher Programs/Sibshops, Oklahoma City, OK
Rachal Hatton, Executive Director, SC Respite Coalition, Columbia, SC
September 19, 2019
Respite Voucher Implementation - A Deep Dive
Presenters (Voucher Collaborative Members):
Cheryl Dinnell, Project Coordinator, on behalf of the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division, Planning, Advocacy & Community Services Unit, NV Dept of Health and Human Services, Carson City, NV
Lisa Schneider, Executive Director, Respite Care Association of Wisconsin, Appleton, WI
April 30, 2019 (at the Lifespan Respite Grantee and Partner Learning Symposium)
In the Video of the Learning Symposium, the Voucher Learning Collaborative Discussion begins at approx. 1:22:00.
Facilitated by Elle Billman, CO Respite Coalition; Linda Porter, Lifespan Respite WA; and Ronelle Baker, OK Sooner Success
Objectives and Questions Explored
Ronelle Baker's PPT Presentation on the Role of the OK Caregiver Coalition in voucher program success
February 27, 2019
This call generated a very informative discussion stimulated by the findings from the recent Voucher Respite Survey. In addition, the ACL Operational Assessment plans of state Lifespan Respite voucher programs were presented to the group by Victoria Wright, ACL and Krissy Rerucha-Azeem, The Lewin Group.
September 20, 2018
Practical Considerations When Starting a New Voucher Program and for Experienced Voucher Program Providers
Call Description: Are you thinking about starting a voucher respite program? Are you a seasoned veteran in implementing a program, but still have questions? This call will explore the many issues you should consider before getting started as well as those that may have emerged for you in your current program. Voucher Collaborative leaders authored this list of questions that we will consider as a group. Leaders will begin by providing answers to some of these questions and other questions will be explored in greater depth in future calls and in a more in-depth respite voucher survey.
Kick-Off Call, May 16, 2018
The Nuts and Bolts of Voucher Respite
Call Description: In implementing a respite voucher program, States use a variety of delivery and reimbursement systems, target different populations, and define provider eligibility differently. This call will provide an opportunity for network members to discuss different approaches to respite voucher program implementation. Linda Porter from Lifespan Respite Washington and Elle Billman from the Colorado Respite Care Program initiated the idea for the call and facilitated a peer-led informal café call to allow grantees and partners to share successes, challenges, implementation strategies, and tools/forms used. During this call, the participants decided to launch a Respite Voucher Learning Collaborative that would meet regularly to discuss implementation issues and challenges.
State Lifespan Respite Voucher Tools
Lifespan Respite Voucher Guidance
Feel free to browse workshop presentations from past National Lifespan Respite Conferences for presentations on voucher respite initiatives from Lifespan Respite grantees and partners.
Previous recorded networking teleconferences on voucher respite
July 10, 2014 The Fundamentals of Developing and Implementing Voucher Respite, Part 1
March 11, 2015 Fundamentals of Developing and Implementing Respite Vouchers, Part 2