Respite is planned or emergency care provided to a child or adult with special needs to provide temporary relief to family caregivers. To recruit and train the respite workforce, ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center, in partnership with NASHP and the Respite Care Association of Wisconsin, piloted a competency-based respite provider training and recruitment initiative in 10 states. This project was funded as a part of NASHP’s Lifespan Respite Special Projects grant funded by the U.S. Administration for Community Living.
As a result of the pilot, this training is now available to all states free of charge. In this webinar, learn about the results of the pilot and how to build a training and recruitment program for respite providers in your state by accessing the new National Respite Care Provider Training and Replication Toolkit. Two pilot states, Wisconsin and South Carolina, will highlight their approaches and lessons learned in building and scaling a respite provider recruitment and training initiative.
Speakers
- Lori Stalbaum, Lifespan Respite Program Federal Project Officer, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services, Administration for Community Living
- Jill Kagan, Director, ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
- Lisa Schneider, Executive Director, Respite Care Association of Wisconsin
- Kimberly Whitmore, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Marquette University
- Kathy Mayfield-Smith, Associate Director, Institute for Families in Society and Board Chair, South Carolina Respite Coalition
- Kimberly Hodges, Policy Associate, National Academy for State Health Policy (moderator)
Closed captioning is enabled for this webinar. If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Hodges at khodges@nashp.org.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
3–4 p.m. ET
Acknowledgments
This project is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $942,520 with 75 percent funded by ACL/HHS, and $312,845 and 25 percent funded by non-government source(s). The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor are an endorsement, by ACL/HHS or the U.S. government.
NASHP would also like to thank The John A. Hartford Foundation for providing the non-government matching funds for this project.
