Channel Islands Social Services
In-Home Respite Care for Ventura County Families
Families caring for a loved one with special needs have enough to worry about in their everyday
lives. They can't afford the added stress of recruiting and employing their own caregivers,
and they need to be in control of who supports them! We are here to help.
We will hire someone the family already knows and trusts, or
we will recruit someone for the family to interview, and then we take care
of all the payroll wages,taxes, and mandatory CA withholdings.   After all...
RESPITE SHOULD BE RELAXING, NOT TAXING!
Click here to view a great article from Caring Today magazine.
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Fact Sheet on Agency vs. Parent Voucher Respite
(Note: New laws state that parents cannot use voucher respite to pay for
camps, equestrian therapy, dance, art and gym programs as of 7/1/09. Read more)

JULY 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS:
*  Thanks to everyone who completed our online annual satisfaction survey helping us achieve
a 96% satisfaction rating!

*  REMINDERS: Hours started over on July 1.
DDS does not allow families to use Respite for camp fees or for camp supervision anymore.
Call the office if you have any questions.

Have you heard? Respite guidelines changed last year!  Families can only use up to 90
hours/quarter now (or 3 month's worth of respite) and hours cannot be saved up and used all
at once. Hours expire and re-start at the end of each quarter (Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, and
June 30). If a family needs more than 90 hours per quarter of respite, they need to call their
Service Coordinator and ask for an exemption.   
Read the Respite Trailer Bill Language FAQ HERE  (in spanish here)

*  Read our 8/13/09 notification letter to families and caregivers about new respite laws
affecting ALL FAMILIES in English or Spanish

*  Review  the easy-to-read Trailer Bill fact sheets from Disability Rights CA here
Awarded Service
Provider of the Year
twice by the
Ventura County
Autism Society
CISS Weekly Recruitment Board
Click on the bulletin board picture to the right to view this week's
openings list. Please contact the office if you are interested in helping!
Channel Islands Social Services
(805) 384-0983    Fax (805) 384-0986
900 Calle Plano,  Suite K,   Camarillo, CA  93012
Respite Caregivers  needed in East Ventura County now!
Thanks to our many new referrals, and summer just around the corner,
we have a current need for qualified Respite Caregivers to support families in
Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark, and Agoura.
Please view our flier here and call us at (805) 384-0983 x2 or x855

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