Lifespan Respite Care Grant Service¶
The Lifespan Respite Care Grant Service provides temporary relief funding for unpaid caregivers of individuals of any age, capped at $1050 per caregiver per grant year.
Eligibility¶
- Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
- Must live with care recipient
- Relationship: other relative
Questions to ask the program¶
These are questions to ask the program, not a verdict on your eligibility. Confirm the current rules directly with the program.
- Does the person receiving care live in North Dakota? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- Does your relationship to the person — other relative — count for this program?
- What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- Do you need to live with the person receiving care, and how is that verified?
- 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.
- What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
What this record does not yet say¶
- eligibility criteria
How to apply¶
- Requests for services are only accepted from agencies working with caregivers and care recipients (not directly from individuals); Aging Services must pre-approve all respite requests; the Application (SFN 548) is submitted to carechoice@nd.gov; retroactive requests for respite funding may be approved on a case-by-case basis; all requests for provider reimbursement must be received within 60 days from the first day of service
Use the official program page for application details: official program page.