Children's Respite Care
Community Options is committed to providing quality community-based respite support for children with disabilities. Respite services are funded and referred by the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), Children and Youth with Support Needs. Services are coordinated and contracted through Community Options. Community Options does not maintain a waitlist or apply fees.
Safety, well-being and respect for the child and their family is paramount and potential respite contractors are carefully screened.
The person served and their respite contractor have the choice of having the respite provided in their own home or the contractor’s home. The hours, days and frequency of support may vary. A respite contractor assumes the usual daily activities that a parent or primary caregiver does. Community Options coordinates respite by recruiting, screening caregivers and providing the payment for service to the respite contractor.
Safety, well-being and respect for the child and their family is paramount and potential respite contractors are carefully screened.
The person served and their respite contractor have the choice of having the respite provided in their own home or the contractor’s home. The hours, days and frequency of support may vary. A respite contractor assumes the usual daily activities that a parent or primary caregiver does. Community Options coordinates respite by recruiting, screening caregivers and providing the payment for service to the respite contractor.
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Contact Page: https://cocf.ca/services/childrens-respite-care/
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Disabilities
Acquired Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Blind / Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, Down Syndrome , Dual Diagnosis, Epilepsy / Seizure Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Spectrum Disorders , Intellectual / Developmental Disability, Learning Disorder / Disability, Mental Health , Neuromuscular Disorders, Paraplegia / Quadriplegia, Physical Disability / Mobility Impairment, Speech Impairment / Social / Communication Disorders, Spina Bifida
Age
0-18
Eligibility
Families are referred to Community Options by the Child and Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) office within the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
Eligible families have a child aged 0-18 years (service ends the month of the child’s 19th birthday) with a developmental disability and/or autism. MCFD determines which families we serve; Community Options does not maintain a waitlist.
Eligible families have a child aged 0-18 years (service ends the month of the child’s 19th birthday) with a developmental disability and/or autism. MCFD determines which families we serve; Community Options does not maintain a waitlist.
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