In-Home Respite Program

The In-Home Respite Program offers families a brief respite by providing a care provider who is identified and provided by ACHIEVE. The care provider spends a predetermined number of hours with the individual and engages in activities in or out of the home.

The purpose of the In-Home Respite Program is to assist families that care for a family member with an intellectual or other developmental disability to obtain respite services, in order to delay premature or inappropriate out-of-home placement, and preserve and strengthen the family unit.

Respite is short-term, temporary care of family members with a disability to provide families with some relief from the demands of routine care of an individual with a disability. 

Respite can occur a few hours a day or week or for an occasional overnight. Respite care may be used so that families can pursue leisure and recreational activities, personal business, or take care of emergency situations.

For more information on the In-Home Respite Program, please contact Sara Hall, Clinical Specialist, at 607.231.5225.