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In addition, Carroll County families can register on the Caring Network
Respite Care Registry FREE, thus increasing your access to respite providers!
To wave our fee, for Carroll County, MD Residents only, just call 410-549-5707.
RESPITE PROVIDERS:
DO YOU WANT TO ASSIST FAMILIES?
FREE for Providers to sign up, no need to call Caring Communities,
just click on link below and sign up FREE!
PLEASE SIGN UP TODAY by Clicking on Link BELOW!
Sorry NO TRAINING PROGRAM offered at this
time IN CARROLL COUNTY. Check back later, for future training programs.
Respite Connection of Carroll County Offers Respite Care Training
Information: respiteconnection@caringcommunities.org or 410-549-5707
The Carroll County Local Management Board (LMB) determined that
respite care for children with disabilities and mental health challenges is
a priority area. Several county organizations and agencies developed a
collaborative approach -- Respite Connection of Carroll County -- to
address the respite dilemma for families to have more providers,
trainers and a linkage to the community.
The goal of Respite Connection is to increase the number of trained
individuals to provide respite to families with children (birth-25) with
mental health disabilities and/or developmental disabilities in Carroll
County and to promote their awareness of and access to the new
centralized list/registry of respite providers -- The Caring Network
Respite Care Registry offered by Caring Communities.
Two eighteen-hour Respite Caregiver, and two Train the Trainer, training
sessions were offered in Carroll County back in May and June of 2008 at no
cost to individuals. These sessions consisted of respite care training in
developmental disabilities, mental health issues, cultural competence,
and "restraint-free" deescalation techniques.
Carroll County's Respite Connection is comprised of the agencies and
individuals listed here.
- Granite House, Lead Agency for Respite Connection:
Laura Rhodes, Program Development Manager
- Caring Communities: Mona Freedman RN, Executive Director
- FOCAS (Families of Children with Autism Support Group):
Sharon Glass, Founder
- Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's Mental Health:
Lynne Humphries-Russ, Administrator
- CHANGE, Inc.: Heather Powell, Director of Support Services
- Get Connected Family Resource Center:
Karen Koenigsberg, Family Navigator
- Vicki Duerr, a family member of a young adult with a disability
Provided by The Carroll County Respite Connection.
Funding provided by the Carroll County Local Management Board