Fw: Respite Funds available

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I'm forwarding the message below that was sent to me from the IL Council on DD.

 

Bonnie Dohogne 

From:ILAssnMicroboardsandatives

[mailto:ILAssnMicroboardsandatives ] On Behalf Of Teri

Steinberg

Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:27 AM

Teri Steinberg

Cc: ILAssnMicroboardsandatives

Subject: [iLAssnMicroboardsandatives] Respite Funds available

 

 

from: " Pandya " <juliepandya@...>

Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:02:38 AM

Subject: IDOA Reminder E-mail: Money still available in the Lifespan Respite

Program for Caregivers

Dear Friends of the Illinois Respite Coalition, 

We still have money available in the Lifespan Respite Program for Emergency

Respite Services!!

Please see important details on this program below, and spread the word to those

you know in the community that can benefit from these funds! Your outreach could

truly help a family in need.

Please help us spread the word!! 

Thanks, 

Money $$$ still available in

�Caregiver� Lifespan Respite Program!!! 

Illinois Department on Aging � Lifespan Respite Program

In 2009, the Illinois Department on Aging was awarded funding by the

Administration on Aging through the Lifespan Respite Care Act (Public Law

109-442). Objectives of this three year project are:

� Establish an emergency respite program

� Create a respite website listing resources and training opportunities

� Improve the collaboration among state agencies providing respite funding

� Train caregivers and volunteers to provide respite

EMERGENCY RESPITE

The goal of the Lifespan Emergency Respite Program is to offer funding and

resources to support caregivers of children with special needs or adults with

special needs who have an urgent need for respite care in the absence of any

other funding source.

The program supports the caregiver�s decision to request emergency respite

care

and determine where the care will be delivered and by whom.

Eligibility

� Caregivers (unpaid family member or other adult or foster parent) who

provides

in-home monitoring, management, supervision or treatment of a child with special

needs or an adult with special needs. (Caregiver may, but need not, reside in

the same household as the care recipient.)

� Caregivers with the greatest emotional, medical or economic need (targeting

low income caregivers) are given priority for service.

� Caregivers of a child with special needs or adult with special needs that

cannot be cared for by other individuals or organizations within the community

due to the complexity of their special needs.

Reimbursement Limits

� $500 per fiscal year (through Sept. 30, 2012)

� Additional $500 per client is available upon prior approval by the Program

Director or designee

� Including additional reimbursement, emergency care service expenditures per

client may not exceed $1,000 

For More Information or To Apply

Contact: Fidler, Illinois Respite Coalition

atnfidler@... or 630-529-2871

Information is available on the Illinois Respite Coalition (IRC)

website: www.illinoisrespitecoalition.org under the Emergency Respite tab

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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended

Teri Steinberg

Chicago Regional Organizer

Illinois Association of Microboards & atives, Inc.

Www.iambc.org

 

A grant from the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities 

 

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