Respite Care is designed to give care-givers a break. The idea is that the government pays someone to come to your home and watch your child for a few hours so that you can get out of the house and do whatever you need to do.
In some states, such as California, you can have a family member or friend as your respite care provider. Your friend just needs to register with a qualified Respite Care provider. The state pays the provider, the provider pays your friend / relative and you get a break. Everybody wins.
Respite Care is coordinated through your Early Intervention Case worker.
Parent's Note:
When our Annie was an infant, we qualified for 8 hours of respite care every 3 months. This seemed totally pointless so we never took advantage of it. Now that we have no-cost Medi-Cal we qualify for 12 hours a month which makes more sense. For us, that's one afternoon a week where I can do yard work or run errands or go to work.
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