2010-2011 Report on Respite Care Services in Pennsylvania
As in past years, $500,000 was allocated to counties for respite services for fiscal year 2010-2011. At the end of the fiscal year, counties had spent 94 percent of the allocation, three percent more than last year. Thirty-six counties spent at least 90 percent of their respite funds; a total of 1,694 different children were served (an increase of more than 300 children). See the chart below for more data from the final report, as well as a comparison with previous years. The allocation remains at $500,000 for 2011-2012. See below the chart for the amount of funding each county will receive for respite care services in 2011-2012.
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Fiscal Year 2010 - 2011 |
Fiscal Year 2009-2010 |
Fiscal Year 2008-2009 |
Fiscal Year 2007- 2008 |
Amount of allocation spent |
94 percent |
91 percent |
95 percent |
77 percent |
Number of counties spending 90%-100% of allocation |
36 |
34 |
32 |
25 |
Number of unduplicated children served |
1,694 |
1,369 |
1,559 |
1,066 |
Number of hours of respite provided |
51,047 |
67,185 |
52,038 |
39,704 |
Number of days/weeks of respite provided |
508 |
524 days |
2,143 days/night |
309 days/nights; 1,440 weeks |
Unspent allocation |
5 counties/joinders spent less than half of the money allocated to them. |
8 counties/joinders spent less than half of the money allocated to them (reasons for not spending the allocation included delay in receipt of funds, lack of providers, and liability issues) |
6 counties/joinders spent less than half the money allocated to them (reasons for not spending the allocation included liability issues, criminal clearance issues, and lack of providers) |
8 counties/joinders spent 10 percent or less of the money allocated to them (reasons for not spending the allocation included initial start-up of program, liability issues, criminal clearance issues, and miscommunication) |
Respite Care Allocation, 2011-2012
County |
Final Distribution |
Allegheny |
$45,918 |
Armstrong/Indiana |
$6,240 |
Beaver |
$7,134 |
Bedford/Somerset |
$5,000 |
Berks |
$15,351 |
Blair |
$5,000 |
Bradford/Sullivan |
$5,000 |
Bucks |
$11,091 |
Butler |
$5,109 |
Cambria |
$5,000 |
Cameron/Elk |
$5,000 |
Carbon/Monroe/Pike |
$6,510 |
Centre |
$5,000 |
Chester |
$7,030 |
Clarion |
$5,000 |
Clearfield/Jefferson |
$6,018 |
Columbia/Montour/Snyder/Union |
$5,000 |
Crawford |
$5,000 |
Cumberland/Perry |
$5,407 |
Dauphin |
$11,421 |
Delaware |
$15,470 |
Erie |
$10,647 |
Fayette |
$8,860 |
Forest/Warren |
$5,000 |
Franklin/Fulton |
$5,000 |
Greene |
$5,000 |
Huntingdon/Mifflin/Juniata |
$5,000 |
Lackawanna/Susquehanna |
$10,433 |
Lancaster |
$12,712 |
Lawrence |
$5,000 |
Lebanon |
$5,000 |
Lehigh |
$11,881 |
Luzerne/Wyoming |
$13,064 |
Lycoming/Clinton |
$5,000 |
McKean |
$5,000 |
Mercer |
$6,650 |
Montgomery |
$12,239 |
Northampton |
$8,146 |
Northumberland |
$5,000 |
Philadelphia |
$112,166 |
Potter |
$5,000 |
Schuylkill |
$5,000 |
Tioga |
$5,000 |
Venango |
$5,000 |
Washington |
$7,773 |
Wayne |
$5,000 |
Westmoreland |
$12,628 |
York/Adams |
$15,102 |
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$500,000 |
Resources
PA
CASSP Newsletter, June 2008, “Providing Respite Services
for Families of Children with Special Needs”
Arch National Respite Network and Resource Center. Includes “national respite locator” search function.
State Fact Sheet, from the Pennsylvania Lifespan Respite Coalition
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