Respite Care Services for Families Who Adopt Children With Special Needs, Page 6
A Synthesis of Demonstration Program Final Reports (4/02)
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Project Name: CHARM - Child Home-based Adoption Respite Model
Lead Agency: Department of Human Services
Area Served: Northern region of New Jersey
Project Period: 1994 - 1996
Contact Person: Jacqueline Rose
Contact Phone Number: (201) 742-0063
Not identified in final report
Provider Training/Licensure
Not identified in final report
Target Population
Families with children who had all types of special needs
Recruitment of Families
Referrals of families from adoption agencies
Respite Services
Hourly in-home services and group events
Tutorial-based respite services
Program Management/Administration
Lead agency was public child welfare agency
Information Dissemination
Not identified in final report
Evaluation Activities
Surveys of families and staff; documentation of tasks completed
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Project Name: Respite Care for Special Needs Adoptive Families
Lead Agency: Northwest Resource Associates/Northwest Adoption Exchange
Area Served: Northwest region of the United States with sites in Anchorage, Alaska; Boise, Idaho; Reno, Nevada; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Seattle, Washington
Project Period: 1991 - 1994
Contact Person: Norma Nelson
Contact Phone Number: (206) 292-0082
Provider Recruitment
Recruited providers previously unknown to the families (including foster and adoptive parents) and natural helpers
Contact through parent support groups and agency staff
Provider Training/Licensure
136 providers trained
Offered training to natural helpers
Pre-service and in-service training offered
Target Population
Families who had children with all types of special needs
Public and private agency adoptions
Recruitment of Families
Contact through parent support groups and letters to adoptive parents
Respite Services
Hourly, out-of-home services
Program Management/Administration
Lead agency was private regional adoption exchange
Lead agency collaborated with volunteers from parent support groups in each site to manage local projects
Parent support groups often collaborated with local adoption agencies to conduct some tasks (such as licensing)
Information Dissemination
Presentations at conferences and meetings, articles in newsletters and newspapers, brochure
Evaluation Activities
Documentation of project tasks completed
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Project Name: Project AFIRM (Adoptive Families' Individualized Respite Model)
Lead Agency: Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, University Affiliated Program, Oregon Health Sciences University,
Area Served: Oregon
Project Period: 1995 - 1999
Contact Person: Will Foran
Contact Phone Number: (503) 494-8364
Provider Recruitment
Not identified in final report
Provider Training/Licensure
130 providers and 180 families trained
Target Population
Not identified in final report
Recruitment of Families
Not identified in final report
Respite Services
Developed a model of respite care and a replicable training curriculum (project did not provide respite services)
Program Management/Administration
Lead agency was a University Affiliated Program (UAP)
Information Dissemination
Development of the AFIRM Project Respite Training Manual for national distribution
Evaluation Activities
Documentation of tasks completed
Policy
Staff testified before State legislature and helped to pass Oregon Lifetime Respite Care Bill
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Project Name: Partners In Time
Lead Agency: Institute on Disabilities/University Affiliated Program, Temple University
Area Served: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Project Period: 1991 - 1993
Contact Person: Adam Brunner
Contact Phone Number: (215) 204-3196
Provider Recruitment
Recruited older adults as providers
Recruitment through senior centers and churches in families' neighborhoods
Provider Training/Licensure
18 providers trained
Pre-service and in-service training
Target Population
Families who had adopted children with disabilities
Recruitment of Families
Presentations at meetings and support groups, mailings to families, articles in newsletters and newspapers, public service announcements, and stipends to adoption agency staff to recruit families
Respite Services
14 families served
Hourly services and family events
Program Management/Administration
Lead agency was a University Affiliated Program (UAP)
Information Dissemination
Not identified in final report
Evaluation Activities
Interviews with families, providers, and staff; survey of families
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Project Name: We Care - A Community's Response to Respite Families
Lead Agency: South Carolina Department of Social Services
Area Served: South Carolina
Project Period: 1995 - 1999
Contact Person: Don Adams
Contact Phone Number: (803) 898-7107
Provider Recruitment
Recruited providers previously unknown to the families, including residential care providers
Contact through local minority faith-based agency and adoption agency
Provider Training/Licensure
74 providers trained
Target Population
Families with children who had all types of special needs
Families who had adopted and families in the pre-finalization phase of adoption
Adopted children with special needs and their siblings
Recruitment of Families
Recruitment through local minority faith-based agency and local adoption agencies, mass mailings to families, presentations at meetings, and articles in newsletters
Respite Services
Served 86 families with 152 adopted children and 51 siblings
More than 7,000 respite hours provided
Out-of-home services
Hourly, weekends, camps, and group events
Program Management/Administration
Lead agency was local public child welfare agency
Contracted with local faith-based agency and local service organizations for services
Information Dissemination
Presented at conferences and meetings, distributed a brochure, placed articles in newsletters and newspapers, created a newsletter, and created a respite resource booklet
Evaluation Activities
Review of tasks completed
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Project Name: HAART - Helping Achieve Adoption Respite Together
Lead Agency: Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Area Served: San Antonio, Texas
Project Period: 1995 - 1999
Contact Person: Judy Pavone
Contact Phone Number: (512) 438-3151
Provider Recruitment
Recruited providers previously unknown to the families and natural helpers
Word-of-mouth, articles in newsletters, and recruitment sessions at universities
Provider Training/Licensure
20 providers trained
Trained providers previously unknown to the families, natural helpers, families and staff
Pre-service and in-service training provided
Target Population
Families who had adopted and families in the pre-finalization phase of adoption
Families who had adopted through the public child welfare agency
Recruitment of Families
Presentations at parent support groups, mailings to families, and articles in newsletters
Respite Services
38 families with 89 children served
15,651 respite hours provided
In-home and out-of-home services
Hourly, weekends, week-long camps, and group events
Program Management/Administration
Lead agency was public child welfare agency
Contract with private, non-profit provider agency for services
Information Dissemination
Not identified in final report
Evaluation Activities
Surveys of families, Parent Stress Index for families, review of program reports, training evaluation forms
Credits: Child Welfare Information Gateway (http://www.childwelfare.gov)
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