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    Respite care services

    Respite Care Services Grants support a child with a severe emotional disturbance (SED) and their family. This type of care can also be used to lessen family stress and/or reduce the likelihood of out-of-home placement.

    Minnesota Statute 245.4889, subd. 1(b)(3)

    Respite care services can provide families and caregivers a much needed break while offering a safe environment for their children. Respite care services give families a chance to re-energize and refocus.

    Respite care services can be offered by traditional and non-traditional means. Examples of traditional respite care services include, but are not restricted to:

    • Overnight or hourly stays in the home of a family or friend
    • Overnight and hourly stays in a foster home
    • Services occurring in the child’s or provider’s home

    Examples of non-traditional respite care services include, but are not restricted to:

    • Overnight and day camps
    • Music lessons
    • Lessons
    • Sports
    • Transportation to respite care activities
    • Youth and family fitness center memberships

    CY 2019 Respite Care Services Grantees

    1. Aitkin (and members of the Mille Lacs Band living in Aitkin County)
    2. Anoka
    3. Becker (and members of the White Earth Band living in Becker County)
    4. Beltrami (and members of the Red Lake Band living in Beltrami County)
    5. Benton
    6. Big Stone
    7. Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Government (Tribal lands in St. Louis, Itasca, Koochiching Counties – Vermillion and Nett Lake Sectors)
    8. Carlton
    9. Carver
    10. Cass
    11. Chisago
    12. Clay
    13. Crow Wing (and Mille Lacs Band members living in Crow Wing County)
    14. Dakota
    15. Douglas
    16. Goodhue
    17. Grant
    18. Hennepin
    19. Houston
    20. Hubbard
    21. Isanti
    22. Itasca and Koochiching
    23. Kanabec
    24. Lac Qui Parle
    25. McLeod, Meeker, and Renville
    26. Mille Lacs
    27. Morrison
    28. Nobles
    29. Olmsted
    30. Otter Tail
    31. Pine
    32. Pope
    33. Ramsey
    34. St Louis
    35. Scott
    36. Sherburne
    37. Stearns
    38. Stevens
    39. Swift
    40. Todd
    41. Traverse
    42. Wabasha
    43. Wadena
    44. Washington
    45. Wilkin
    46. Winona
    47. Wright
    48. Yellow Medicine
    49. Des Moines Valley (DVHHS) (Cottonwood and Jackson)
    50. MN Prairie (Douglas, Steele, and Waseca)
    51. South Central Region – Rice as fiscal host (Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, LeSeuer, Martin, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley, and Watonwan) SWHHS (Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Rock, Redwood, and Pipestone)
    52. Region NW8 (aka Polk AMHI) (Polk, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, Roseau)
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