2011-2012 Report on Respite Care Services in Pennsylvania
At the end of the fiscal year, counties had spent 95 percent of the allocation, one percent more than last year. Thirty-seven counties spent at least 90 percent of their respite funds; a total of 1,137 different children were served. See the chart below for more data from the final report, as well as a comparison with previous years. See below the chart for the amount of funding each county received for respite care services in 2011-2012.
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Fiscal Year 2011-2012 |
Fiscal Year 2010 - 2011 |
Fiscal Year 2009-2010 |
Fiscal Year 2008-2009 |
Amount of allocation spent |
95 percent |
94 percent |
91 percent |
95 percent |
Number of counties spending 90%-100% of allocation |
37 |
36 |
34 |
32 |
Number of unduplicated children served |
1,137 |
1,694 |
1,369 |
1,559 |
Number of hours of respite provided |
57,304 |
51,047 |
67,185 |
52,038 |
Number of days/weeks of respite provided |
256 days/overnights |
508 |
524 days |
2,143 days/night |
Unspent allocation |
3 counties or joinders spent less than half of the money allocated to them |
5 counties or joinders spent less than half of the money allocated to them. |
8 counties or 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 or 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) |
Respite Care Allocation, 2011-2012: $526,377
County |
Final Distribution |
| Allegheny |
$45,918 |
| Armstrong/Indiana |
$6,240 |
| Beaver |
$7,134 |
| Bedford/Somerset |
$6,500 |
| Berks |
$15,351 |
| Blair |
$6,541 |
| Bradford/Sullivan |
$1,350 |
| Bucks |
$16,632 |
| Butler |
$5,109 |
| Cambria |
$9,000 |
| Cameron/Elk |
$5,000 |
| Carbon/Monroe/Pike |
$10,051 |
| Centre |
$2,375 |
| Chester |
$14,236 |
| Clarion |
$5,000 |
| Clearfield/Jefferson |
$6,018 |
| Columbia/Montour/Snyder/Union |
$5,000 |
| Crawford |
$5,000 |
| Cumberland/Perry |
$0 |
| Dauphin |
$11,421 |
| Delaware |
$20,011 |
| Erie |
$10,647 |
| Fayette |
$10,402 |
| Forest/Warren |
$9,000 |
| Franklin/Fulton |
$5,000 |
| Greene |
$5,000 |
| Huntingdon/Mifflin/Juniata |
$6,541 |
| Lackawanna/Susquehanna |
$11,974 |
| Lancaster |
$12,712 |
| Lawrence |
$8,000 |
| Lebanon |
$6,000 |
| Lehigh |
$17,757 |
| Luzerne/Wyoming |
$5,423 |
| Lycoming/Clinton |
$5,000 |
| McKean |
$5,000 |
| Mercer |
$6,650 |
| Montgomery |
$12,239 |
| Northampton |
$9,687 |
| Northumberland |
$5,000 |
| Philadelphia |
$112,166 |
| Potter |
$5,000 |
| Schuylkill |
$5,000 |
| Tioga |
$5,000 |
| Venango |
$5,000 |
| Washington |
$8,773 |
| Wayne |
$3,891 |
| Westmoreland |
$12,628 |
| York/Adams |
$13,000 |
Total Amount |
$526,377 |
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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