Nationwide Respite And Crisis Care Contacts

Alabama

Alabama Respite Resource Network
Linda Lamberth
Project Manager
2505 Inverness Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35242
(205) 991-0927 (phone and fax)
Alabamarespite@aol.com

Arkansas

Arkansas Respite Coalition
Rodney Farley
Parent Activities Coordinator
Children's Medical Services
P.O. Box 1436 - Slot 526
Little Rock, Arkansas 77203
(501) 682-1461
Fax (501) 682-8247
refarley@juno.com

Arizona

Arizona Respite Network
Susan Abagnale
Executive Director
Casey Family Services
1600 North Country Club Road
Tucson, Arizona 85716
(520) 323-0886

California

California Respite Services Association
Catherine Woods, President
ARC of San Diego
1550 Hotel Circle North, Suite 400
San Diego, California 92108-2910
(619) 574-5352
Fax (619) 574-5353

Mike Huckins
Executive Director
Family Services of the Bay Area
100 Corporate Place, Suite B
Vallejo, California 94590
(707) 644-4491
Fax (707) 644-1318
BASF100@aol.com

Colorado

Colorado Respite Committee
Genean Craig
Colorado Access
501 South Cherry Street, Suite 700
Denver, Colorado 80246
(303) 316-2252
genean_craig@coaccess.com

Connecticut

Mary Jane Cannon
REACHOUT, Inc.
300 East Rock Road
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone# 203-865-0312
reachout@reachoutinc.org

Florida

Florida Respite Coalition
Rebecca Varnadore
2304 Aloma Avenue, Suite 100
Winter Park, Florida 32792
(407) 740-8909, ext. 104
Fax (407) 644-6548
contact@floridarespite.org
www.ucptampa.org/frc

Georgia

Metropolitan Atlanta Respite Cooperative
Whitney Fuchs
Executive Director
Georgia Community Support and Solutions
1945 Cliff Valley Way, Suite 220
Atlanta, Georgia 30329
(404) 634-4222
Fax (404) 634-1324
Whitney.Fuchs@gacommunity.org

Hawaii

Joyce Metzger
999 Wilder Avenue, #402
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
(808) 957-0066
Fax (808) 946-5222

Illinois

Illinois Respite Coalition
Frank Shepke & Tom Coleman
Co-chairs
Crittenton Care and Counseling Center
2619 West Heading Avenue
Peoria, Illinois 61604
(309) 674-0105
Fax (309) 674-7029
crittentonfrank@juno.com
www.respiteillinois.org

Iowa

Iowa Respite and Crisis Care Coalition
Jay W. Brewer
Executive Director
317 E. Sixth Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-255-3093
Fax: 515-288-4475
jbrewer@irccc.com
www.IRCCC.com

Kansas

Kansas Respite Coalition
Lorie Angelo
Coordinator
Rainbows United, Inc.
340 South Broadway
Wichita, Kansas 67202
(316) 263-0648
Fax (316) 269-0653

Louisiana

Louisiana Respite Coalition
Mark Terry
Co-director
Louisiana Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
P.O. Box 4767
Shreveport, Louisiana 71134-0767
(318) 227-2796
Fax (318) 227-2793
mterry@LAFFCMH.com

Maryland

Maryland Respite Care Coalition
Alidz Khachaturian
113 North Washington Street, Ste. 166
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(301) 279-5754
Fax (301) 294-7203
alidz@idt.net

Michigan

Michigan Respite Coalition
Doug Cunningham, Chair
Community Respite Centers, Inc.
P.O. Box 507
Jackson, MI 49204-0507
(517) 788-7533 Phone
Fax (517) 788-8116
Doug49203@yahoo.com

Minnesota

Minnesota Crisis Care Association
Lynn Shubitz, Chair
Bethany Crisis Nursery
9239 Idaho Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55808
(218) 626-2726
Fax (218) 626-1727

Missouri

Family Support and Respite Coalition of Missouri
Linda Wolf, President
Jefferson County Arc
P.O. Box 73
Mapaville, Missouri 63065
(636) 931-6644
Fax (636) 931-2144
jcarc@jcn1.com
www.fsrcmo.homestead.com/fsrcmo.html

Revised 3/13/02
Montana

Montana Respite Coalition
Vicki Clear
Lifespan Respite Specialist
Developmental Educational Assistance Program
2200 Box Elder
Miles City, Montana 59301
(406) 232-6034
Fax (406) 232-7018
deapa@midrivers.com

Nebraska

Nebraska Respite Coalition
Judy Halstead
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department
3140 N Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68510
(402) 441-6705
Fax (402) 441-6707
jhalstea@ci.lincoln.ne.us
www.nncf.unl.edu/eldercare/info/respite.html

Nevada

Nevada Respite Coalition
Ginny Oldham
(702) 898-1572
ginnyann@aol.com
www.givemeabreakinc.homestead.com

New Jersey

Family Support Coalition of New Jersey
Dot Faherty
Director of Family Support
1130 Route 202 South
Raritan, Jew Jersey 08869
(908) 707-8844
Fax (908) 707-1814

North Carolina

North Carolina Respite Coalition
Barry Pollack
Chair Person
Carolinas' Caring Connection, Inc.
5700 Executive Center Drive, Suite 110
Charlotte, NC 28212
(704) 566-6040
Fax (704) 566-6050
bpollack@carolinacaring.org

North Dakota

North Dakota Respite Coalition
Kathy Neideffer
North Dakota Department of Human Services
Capitol--Judicial Wing
600 East Blvd.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0250
(701) 328-3588

Ohio

Ohio Respite Coalition
Brandy Gossett
6843 Magdalena Lane
Canal Winchester, Ohio 43110
(614) 920-1078
branny1999@cs.com
www.ohiorespitecoalition.org

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Respite Task Force
Rose Ann Percival
DD Services Division, Sequoyah Building
State Capitol, Box 25352
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125
(405) 522-0600
Fax (405) 522-3037
RoseAnn.Percival@okdhs.org

Oregon

Oregon Respite Care Association
Debbie Bowers
Coordinator, Respite Care Initiative
Lifespan Respite Care Program
Division of Human Resources
500 Summer Street, N.E.
Salem, Oregon 97310-1012
(503) 945-6815
Fax (503) 945-7029
debbie.bowers@state.or.us
cpt.hr.state.or.us/respite/welcome.html

Pennsylvania

Temple University's Center for
Intergenerational Learning
Adam Brunner
Project Director
1601 North Broad Street, USB206
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
(215) 204-3196
Fax (215) 204-6733
abrunner@nimbus.temple.edu

Watson Institute
MaryJo Alimena Caruso
Carebreak Coordinator
301 Camp Meeting Road
Sewickley, Pennsylvania 15143
(412) 749-2863
Fax (412) 749-2891
maryjoa@dtwatson.org

South Carolina

South Carolina Respite Coalition
Susan Carlton
Coalition Coordinator
2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 103-B
Columbia, South Carolina 29204
(803) 252-0914
screspitecoalition@yahoo.com

South Dakota

Kathy Olson
Department of Human Services
Hillsview Plaza,
E. Hwy. 34, c/o 500 East Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
Kathy.Olson@state.sd.us
www.state.sd.us/dhs/dd/respite/index.htm

Tennessee

Tennessee Respite Coalition
Louise Barnes, Project Officer
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
Division of Mental Health Services
Cordell Hull Bldg., 3rd Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
(615) 532-6727
Fax (615) 532-6719
lbarnes@mail.state.tn.us

Utah

Utah Alliance of Family Support Centers
Reba Nissen
120 North, 200 West, Suite 225
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
(801) 538-4103
Fax (801) 538-3993
hsadmin1.rnissen@state.ut.us

Washington

Respite and Crisis Care Coalition of Washington State
Kari Cunningham-Rosvik
Co-chair
Arc of King County
10550 Lake City Way NE, Suite A
Seattle, Washington 98125
(206) 364-4645
Fax (206) 364-8140
roshamvik@aol.com

Sally Friedman
Co-chair
Senior Services, Inc.
1601 2nd Avenue, Suite 800
Seattle, Washington 98101
(206) 727-6260
(206) 448-3110
sallyf@seniorservices.org

Wisconsin

Respite Care Association of Wisconsin, Inc.
JoAnn Stormer
214 N Hamilton Street
Madison WI 53703
(877) 260 9207
(608) 256 3378
www.respitecarewi.org

 
 



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