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Lifespan Respite
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To expand and enhance respite care services to family caregivers; improve the statewide dissemination and coordination of respite care; and to provide, supplement, or improve access and quality of respite care services to family caregivers, thereby reducing family caregiver strain. The Act also creates a National Lifespan Respite Resource Center designed to maintain a national database on lifespan respite care; provide training and technical assistance to State, community and nonprofit respite care programs; and provide information, referral, and educational programs to the public on lifespan respite care.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
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Funded to 2 New State Grants (South and North Dakota) which brings the total of New State Grants to 38 including the District of Columbia. Additional 12 Advancing States Lifespan Respite Care System were awarded and 1 Continuation award for our Technical Assistance Resource Center.
13 total Continuation Awards: 12 Advancing State Lifespan Respite Care System and 1 Technical Assistance Resource Center. 13 total Supplemental Awards: 12 Advancing State Lifespan Respite Care System and 1 Technical Assistance Resource Center. 4 Additional Advancing State Lifespan Respite Care System grants were awarded. The additional 4 states were part of the 2017 Advancing States FOA that were approved but not funded due to funding initiatives.
Past Fiscal Year (2019) States have developed or built upon respite infrastructures through a variety of approaches designed to enhance or improve access to and receipt of respite services. Grantee activities include: • Environmental scanning to understand available respite programs and family caregiver needs; • Marketing and outreach campaigns to educate family caregivers about respite and how to access services; • Training of volunteer and paid respite providers to increase the availability of respite services; • Partnering with communities of faith to develop respite programs; • Developing or enhancing statewide databases of respite care programs, services, and information to improve access for family caregivers; and • Developing and implementing person-centered respite service options, such as vouchers. Current Fiscal Year (2020) Not applicable – No Awards to date Budget Fiscal Year (2020) Not applicable – No Awards to date
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
