SOUTHERN PINES — For nearly the past year, Lorraine Weber has welcomed the calming presence of a respite care provider into her home to help with her son Robbie, who has moderate autism. Robbie ...

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BREMERTON (AP) — Walter Jacque figured he was better off than most people without homes. He had a pickup truck cab he could sleep in at night, snuggled up with his service dog Andy. It wasn’t ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - The Exceptional Family Member Program's respite care gives Families of individuals with special needs an opportunity to rest. The program provides care for special needs individuals ...

FORT McCOY, Wis. - Children of a deployed parent(s) in the Fort McCoy community are eligible for 16 hours of free respite child care per month. Jan Fink, Fort McCoy Child, Youth & School Services ...

Leslie and Brian Young endured a parent's worst nightmare. The Jacksonville couple's twin daughters, Kelsi and Carly, were born in January 2005, and Kelsi had a compromised lymphatic system that led ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A new medical respite program is working to alleviate crowded emergency rooms. The program from Charles Drew Health Center and Siena Francis House provides temporary care for ...

NARRAGANSETT – As Mister Rogers’ mother said, always “look for the helpers. You’ll always find people who are helping.” That was the case on a foggy morning last week at Roger Wheeler State Beach as ...

A new community partnership is freeing up hospital resources by proving people without homes a place to heal. Brother Francis Shelter in Anchorage is working with the area’s three main hospitals to ...

Virginia families who care for a loved one with disabilities or chronic conditions can apply for up to $400 in reimbursement for respite costs under a temporary voucher program. The program offered by ...