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Bringing Respite to Your Community: A Start-up Manual
This manual gives step-by-step instructions on how to begin a respite care program. The 332-page book includes chapters on needs assessment, the planning process, program models, budget, collaboration, marketing, funding, administrative policies and procedures, staffing, daily operations, and evaluation. Included are sample forms, policies, job descriptions, and other resources which can help existing programs reevaluate the design of their current services. $25.00 + $6.00 shipping. Order online.

Respite Programs for Adults and the Aging: A Start-up Manual
This new 258-page manual, contains all of the topics addressed in the original manual (Bringing Respite to Your Community -- see above). Examples, forms, and resources relevant to services for adults were substituted for those in the original document. $25.00 + $6.00 shipping. Order online.

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Building a Statewide Respite Coalition: Where Do We Begin?
While respite coalitions have different forms and names, they share a common goal: to promote and improve respite and crisis care services within their state. Within every group, members provide a support system for each other and assist in making the most of opportunities and solving problems that are too big for one person or agency to manage. This guide is intended to assist those states or groups that are considering forming coalitions by providing the tools necessary to begin building a state respite coalition. Although the focus is on respite coalitions in particular, the material can be used for building any coalition. It can be used as a general reference or as a workbook for team members as they progress through the development of a coalition.The workbook was updated in 2009 to include additional references, more state examples, and the latest information on the Lifespan Respite Care Act and implications for State Respite Coalitions.Click here to download this free PDF file.

Funding for Adult Respite
The need for respite and crisis care continues to grow as older adults live longer and longer. This document provides basic information about Federal, State and other sources of funding for respite and/or crisis care programs for older adults. Potential funding for adult respite and crisis care services can be found in Federal and State statutes. Most often, Federal statutes require that funds flow through States or State designated entities. Click here to download this free PDF file.

Public Awareness Guidebook
24-page guidebook for crisis nurseries and respite care programs on strategies for increasing public awareness of the availability of services through press releases, and media public service announcements. Sample press releases, telephone contacts, and more; $5.00. Order online.

TRAINING GUIDES

Securing a Stable Funding Base

While materials abound on this subject, none so succinctly lays out the issues related to funding. Making reference to the classics in the field of funding, this guide book simplifies the subject and offers suggestions for trainings. Written by Sue McKinney-Cull, ARCH Product Development Specialist/Regional Coordinator; 55 pages; $10.00. Order online.

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Risk Management

A simple, straightforward approach to a complicated topic. Two attorneys from the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, Robert Horowitz and Marcia Sprague, co-authored this resource guide which includes potential resources, an annotated bibliography, numerous overheads and handouts, and suggested exercises for use in training. 59 pages; $10.00. Order online.

Small Poster, 8½" by 11", glossy paper. [$2.00, GR3]: "Asking for Help is a Sign of Strength Order online.

EVALUATION INFORMATION

Evaluating and Reporting Outcomes: A Guide for Respite and Crisis Care Program Managers; Revised Edition; by Dr. Ray Kirk; revised by Casandra Firman, MS.150 pages; $45 plus $6 shipping. Order online.

The guide explains what outcomes are and shows why programs need to be able to demonstrate their outcomes. It also provides instructions and examples of how to identify, evaluate and report outcomes. The instruments in the guide include published scales that can be purchased, scales that can be photocopied, and instructions for creating customized scales. In addition, the Revised Edition includes a CD-ROM disk which includes electronic versions of the new data collection instruments created for this project, as well as two Microsoft Access databases (for planned and crisis respite programs, respectively) which can be used to collect outcomes data. This guide will help local programs demonstrate and report on outcomes such as

• Lowered stress
• Improved relationships between caregivers and dependent children/adults
• Reductions in the likelihood of abuse and neglect, divorce and out-of-home placement
• Improved parenting skills
• Cost effectiveness
• Cost/benefit
  

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National Respite Guidelines
The guidelines are not attempting to set standards or requirements, but merely to establish some benchmarks to assist states and local communities in developing quality respite services that meet the diverse needs of families. The guidelines reflect a family-centered philosophy that recognizes and draws upon family strengths. Written by Maggie Edgar, ARCH Regional Coordinator, and Monica Uhl, Ph.D., Project Director of the Respite Resource Project at the Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities. 14 pages.

Click here to download this free PDF file.

Planned and Crisis Respite for Families with Children: Results of a Collaborative Study
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center (ARCH), and Casey Family Programs (CFP) National Center for Resource Family Support collaborated to lay the groundwork for the development of best practice standards for planned and crisis respire services. This report describes the survey’s findings; documents approaches to funding, administering, and delivering planned and crisis respite services to families, as described in the case studies; and makes preliminary recommendations on expanding and enhancing these services to support families and caregivers nationwide. Click here to download this free PDF file.

 

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