Chapel Hill Training-Outreach Project, Inc.

In September 2009, the ARCH National Respite Network was awarded a threeâ€year cooperative agreement with the US Administration on Aging to provide training and technical assistance to the growing Lifespan Respite Network, its stakeholders and partners, and state respite coalitions. The cooperative agreement was awarded in partnership with the highly regarded Family Caregiver Alliance in San Francisco, which will be providing training and technical assistance primarily to the Aging Network on broader caregiving issues. Together they form the The Technical Assistance Centers for Caregiver Programs & Lifespan Respite

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Also, at about the same time, the AoA funded twelve states to establish or enhance Statewide Lifespan Respite Systems and ARCH will stand ready to assist them with training and technical assistance as well. ARCH will resume its previous title of ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center.For more information on this initiative, please click here.

Over the next three years, ARCH plans to:

Conduct state site visits to assist with State Lifespan Summits to help states build or strengthen coalitions and prepare state agencies to apply for federal Lifespan Respite grants in the future;

Update a selection of ARCH respite fact sheets that have proven most useful over the years and develop new fact sheets as needed on topics across age and disability categories;

Update and/or prepare new documents and guidebooks, and conduct Webinars on topics such as Federal Respite Funding Opportunities, Building Coalitions and Sustaining Collaborations, Evaluation, Marketing and Public Awareness, Volunteer and Rural Respite, respite for special populations, and more;

Redesign the ARCH web pages, especially the National Respite Locator Service, to be more user and consumer friendly and add new content. including a repository for respite training curricula and links to specific state resources;

Bring ARCH into the modern digital age with use of webâ€based training, Facebook communication, Blogs, and other networking techniques;

Conduct ongoing needs assessments of ARCH and State Lifespan Networks to assess new training and TA needs; and be available for phone and email consultation as needed or to help family caregivers find respite.

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Webinar: Lifespan Respite "101"

Webinar Recording , March 3, 2010 (1 hr, 32 min.)

This Webinar provides an introduction to Lifespan Respite, including Lifespan Respite legislation, the US Administration’s (AoA) role in implementation, best practices in State Lifespan Respite Programs, and information to help you plan for a Lifespan Respite System in your state. For more information about this webinar, the presenters, the agenda and other information click here.

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Resources:

Lifespan Respite "101"
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