·State program
Lifespan Respite Program
The Lifespan Respite Program provides funding for family caregivers of people of any age with special needs to purchase respite care, up to $125 per month per client.
What you get
Services, as recorded:
- Up to $125 per eligible client per month for planned respite; plus an additional Exceptional Circumstances (including crisis respite) fund per eligibility period — dhhs.ne.gov states up to $1,000 per eligibility period, respite.ne.gov states up to $2,000/eligibility year (source pages disagree on this figure)
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in Nebraska?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, or non relative — count for this program?
- 03
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 04
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 05
Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
- 06
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 07
Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- 08
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 09
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Disability of the person receiving care
“Be providing care or supervision of applicant or recipient with special needs without reimbursement or payment;”
dhhs.ne.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Living with the person receiving care
“Reside in the same home as the person with special needs or be providing care to the recipient in the recipient’s home for a minimum of 4 hours per day Sunday through Saturday; and”
dhhs.ne.gov →Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“Section 2: PRIMARY CAREGIVER INFORMATION (Parent, Spouse, other Family or Friend providing on-going care).”
content.swhealth.ne.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Complete the Lifespan Respite Services Program application (and Exceptional Circumstances application if requesting crisis/extra funds); submit electronically to dhhs.respite@nebraska.gov, or mail to DHHS, Division of Children & Family Services, Attn: Lifespan Respite, PO Box 98933, Lincoln, NE 68509-8933