Fw: In Home and Family Support Program

[Guest guest]

We used to receive money from IHFS program until our boys started receiving

CLASS funding. You mentioned that you wanted respite care, I want to tell you

what we did. We used the IHFS funding for therapy only but also received funds

from United Cerebral Palsy strictly for respite care. IHFS also will provide

respite funding but it will not allow you to draw for both therapy and respite

too. So, in using both of those programs, we were able to draw money for both

respite and therapy. Then, at some point I learned about the Non Ed funding

offered by our school distriict.(from a parent, of course, the district would

never divulge that info!) I asked about it and we were able to draw more money

from this program for respite care than we were able to get from United Cerebral

Palsy. However, the Non-Ed funding is strictly to be used for respite care

only. My case manager through the school district knew that we were also

receiving IHFS funding at the same time and it wasn't an issue since that

funding was not being used for respite. If you're interested in learning more

about the Non-Ed funding, ask your district to set you up with a case manager to

work with you on this. ALL districts are supposed to offer this so if you keep

getting people who claim they don't know about this program, keep digging until

you find someone who does.

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In Home and Family Support Program

Hi,

My son's name came up on the In Home and Family Support Program of

County. Can anyone help me with how/whether he would qualify

for services. I noticed that I am being asked about our family

income. Can services be denied based on family income.

I am primarily looking for respite services.

Thanks!

Crystal