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Home > Systemwide > Service Array > Respite & Crisis Services > Utilization & Evaluation of Crisis Nurseries & Respite Care Programs

Utilization & Evaluation of Crisis Nurseries & Respite Care Programs

Studies outlining barriers to respite care use, evaluations, final reports, and studies of crisis nurseries and respite care programs for resource families and families parenting children with disabilities.

Adopt-A-Rest Project
Goldsmith, Braman, & Staude (1994)
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Final report, executive summary, and evaluation of a respite care project for families who adopted children with special needs.

Adoption Crossroads: The Third Year Evaluation, July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000
Hudson, Cedeno-Zamor, Rosenthal, Springer, Hudson, & Ford (2001)
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Summarizes achievements of the third year of the Adoption Crossroads demonstration project, which was designed to preserve adoptive families and enhance the safety and well-being of adopted children in Massachusetts.

The ARCH National Resource Center for Crisis Nurseries and Respite Care Services 1992 Annual Report
ARCH National Resource Center (1992)
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Annual report of an organization that seeks to help public and private agencies with training, technical assistance, and information to provide respite care and nursery services for children and families.

Barriers to the Use of Respite Care by Adoptive Families of Children With Disabilities
Hampton (1992)
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Study to determine barriers to the use of respite care services by adoptive parents.

Crisis Nursery and Respite Care Programs: Site Visit Results of Staff and Family Interviews
Huntington, Garner-McGraw, & Langmeyer (1992)
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Describes results of site visits undertaken during 1990 and 1991 to learn more about respite care and crisis nursery programs, the families who use them, and the staff who provide program services.

Crisis Nursery and Respite Care: Results of a Descriptive Survey of Initially Funded Sites, July-December 1989
Langmeyer (1990)
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Presents results from a survey of 28 federally funded crisis nursery and respite care projects.

Crisis Respite: Evaluating Outcomes for Children and Families Receiving Crisis Nursery Services
ARCH National Respite Network (2007)
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Examines relationships between crisis respite care and incidents of reported child abuse and days of involuntary out-of-home placements.

Resources for Adoptive Parents: Program Evaluation
Becker & Loch (1995)
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Evaluation of the Resource for Adoptive Parents programs, which sought to create a comprehensive continuum of community-based services, including respite care, to help preserve families of children with special needs.

Respite Care Services for Families Who Adopt Children With Special Needs
Brantley, Edwards, Hampton, & Jennings (1994)
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Describes a project in Alabama to develop an affordable respite care model that could be replicated to serve adoptive parents of children with special needs, particularly children with developmental disabilities, mental retardation, or severe physical disabilities.

Respite Care for Special Needs Adoptive Families
Nelson & Fine (1994)
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Final report of a grant to develop a system of respite care for adoptive children with special needs in one major city in each of six western States: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and Washington.

SELECT Program for Preservation of Special Needs Adoption
Resources for Adoptive Parents (1995)
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Final report of a program developed by Resources for Adoptive Parents.

St. Clair County Crisis Nursery and Family Resource Network: Final Evaluation Report
Pillen & Wallace (1994)
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Summarizes findings of an evaluation of the St. Clair County (Illinois) Crisis Nursery and Family Resource Network, which provided crisis intervention, intensive family preservation, and prevention education services to children and families.

 

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