Year-Five Respite Program Grantees

As part of the fifth year of the AdoptUSKids Respite Program (2011-12), we awarded 28 mini-grants to foster, adoptive, and kinship parent groups and associations to partner with public agencies for creating and strengthening respite services to families. Strong respite care programs require community involvement and partnerships. Such programs are the most effective way to assure that respite care will be available to families for years to come.

California

• Grantee: Adoptive Parent Support
  Partner Agency: C.O.P.E. Family Support Center
  Location: Antioch, CA
   
• Grantee: Fostercare & Relative Emphasis Association
  Partner Agency: Making a Way Foundation
  Location: Hesperia, CA
   

Colorado

• Grantee: Colorado State Foster Parent Association
  Partner Agency: Kids at Heart
  Location: Edgewater, CO
   
• Grantee: Kinship & Adoptive Families Alliance
  Partner Agency: Hope For Children: Family Strengthening Center
  Location: Pueblo, CO
   

Florida

• Grantee: Foster Care & Adoption Community Solutions
  Partner Agency: ChildNet
  Location: Plantation, FL
   
• Grantee: Tallahassee Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
  Partner Agency: Big Bend Community Based Care
  Location: Tallahassee, FL
   

Indiana

• Grantee: Steps For Success Respite & Advocacy
  Partner Agency: Indiana Foster Care & Adoption Association
  Location: Indianapolis, IN
   

Missouri

• Grantee: Lafayette Foster & Adoptive Support Group
  Partner Agency: Midwest Foster Care & Adoption Association
  Location: Odessa, MO
   

Maryland

• Grantee: CHAIN Parent Support Group
  Partner Agency: STARRS Group Home, Inc.
  Location: Baltimore, MD
   

Massachusetts

• Grantee: Treehouse Community Elders & Friends Group
  Partner Agency: The Treehouse Foundation
  Location: Easthampton, MA
   

Minnesota

• Grantee: Rainbow Pride Parent Support Group
  Partner Agency: Hope Adoption & Family Services
  Location: Minneapolis, MN
   

Montana

• Grantee: Forever Families, a Program of the Center for Children & Families
  Partner Agency: Montana Department of Public Health & Human Resources, Division of the Child/Family Services
  Location: Billings, MT
   

New York

• Grantee: Catholic Charities Kinship Caregiving Program
  Partner Agency: Schenectady County Department of Senior & Long Term Care Services
  Location: Albany, NY
   
• Grantee: ECARC Parent Support Group
  Partner Agency: Hillside Children’s Center
  Location: West Seneca, NY
   

 Ohio 

• Grantee: Adopt America Network
  Partner Agency: Adriel
  Location: Toledo, OH
   

 Pennsylva  nia

• Grantee: Bethany Christian Services of Central Pennsylvania
  Partner Agency: Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN)
  Location: Harrisburg, PA
   

Puerto Rico

• Grantee: San Agustin del Coqui, Inc.
  Partner Agency: Family Department of Puerto Rico
  Location: San Juan, PR
   

Rhode Island

• Grantee: Mom’s Support Group/Adoption Rhode Island
  Partner Agency: Adoption Rhode Island
  Location: Providence, RI
   
• Grantee: We Are Family
  Partner Agency: Prevent Child Abuse Rhode Island
  Location: Johnston, RI
   

South Carolina

• Grantee: Family Service Center: Children Unlimited Division
  Partner Agency: South Carolina Department of Social Services
  Location: Columbia, SC
   

Tennessee

• Grantee: Harmony Adoptions
  Partner Agency: Upper Cumberland Department of Children’s Services
  Location: Cookville, TN
   

Texas

• Grantee: Johnson County Foster/Adoptive Family Association
  Partner Agency: Spaulding for Children
  Location: Arlington, TX
   
• Grantee: Council on Adoptable Children of Texas
  Partner Agency: DePelchin Children’s Center
  Location: Houston, TX
   
• Grantee: Parenting Across Colors
  Partner Agency: Lutheran Social Services of the South
  Location: Austin, TX
   

Washington

• Grantee: RAYS KinCare Support Group
  Partner Agency: King County Kinship Collaboration/Senior Services
  Location: Seattle, WA
   
• Grantee: Yakama Respite Support Group
  Partner Agency: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
  Location: Toppenish, WA
   

Wisconsin

• Grantee: Umoja—A Black Heritage Experience
  Partner Agency: Southern Wisconsin Post Adoption Resource Center
  Location: Appleton, WI
   

Wyoming

• Grantee: Wyoming Kinship Advocacy
  Partner Agency: Wyoming Citizen Review Panel
  Location: Cheyenne, WY
   

Find out more about how to start a respite care program where you live by reading our manual Taking a Break: Creating Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Respite in Your Community (PDF – 1.4 MB) / En Español (PDF – 1.4 MB).