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Creating respite programs in your community

This manual explores the benefits of respite, offers leaders and administrators tools for designing and implementing a respite care program, and describes how to develop and evaluate respite programs.

Published: 2008

Last revised: English, 2013; Spanish, 2014

Author: AdoptUSKids

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In English: Taking a Break: Creating Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Respite Care in Your Community (2 MB PDF)

In Spanish: Tomando Un Descanso. Creando cuidado de relevo, de sustituto, adoptivo y familiar en su comunidad (2 MB PDF)

AdoptUSKids

AdoptUSKids

AdoptUSKids authors include experts in child welfare, communications, evaluation, and/or technology from across the United States. Together, they drive the AdoptUSKids project, as it supports foster and adoptive families, raises awareness about the nationwide need for more of these families, and provides resources to child welfare systems and professionals.

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Customer service  Family support strategies  Guide or report  Respite  Sample support programs  Spanish-language