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)

                   SEPTEMBER 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOSTER/KINSHIP RESPITE: CISS is excited to announce that we have been awarded a grant
by the County of Ventura to provide respite to Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers starting
October 1! We are finalizing the contract with the County and will post more information
soon. If you would like to continue receiving or providing care in this great program through
CISS, we can't wait to meet you! Please call us and we'll give you more information about the
transition.

CA BUDGET NEWS:  The CA Legislature has proposed an additional rate reduction to all
service providers and Regional Center operations bringing the combined reductions since
7/1/2009 to 3.65%. CISS continues to make adjustments to our operations such that Respite
Caregiver wages will not be affected. Please check our Facebook page for more regular
updates. If you are a current family receiving service or an employee, please make sure we
have your email address so you can receive our monthly electronic Newsletters.


Make sure you know the new State Respite rules!  Families can only use up to 90 hours per
quarter now (or 3 month's worth of respite) and hours cannot be saved up and used all at once.
Hours re-start at the end of each quarter (Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, and June 30). If a
family receives 24 hours/mo, they can use 90 hours in a quarter, but they will be using up
hours from a future quarter within that same fiscal year, leaving them with fewer hours later,
so it's best to stay within the 3 month allocation. 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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