Community Respite Partners

The Residential and Respite Committee of the Wellington Dufferin Developmental Services Planning Group takes on the role of supporting the increased availability of planned and crisis respite opportunities by building upon the existing continuum of supports within Wellington County.

The committee members include:

Christian Horizons

Community Living Guelph Wellington
Community Living Dufferin

Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington
Dufferin Child and Family Services
Developmental Services Ontario
Family Counselling and Support Services

Hopewell Homes
Kerry's Place Autism Services
Service Solutions/Resolution Facilitator for Wellington-Dufferin

Transitional Aged Youth Coordinator

Over the past few years we have creatively managed a small portion of funding to create and or support a range of respite opportunities including the following.

• PlaySense accessible recreational and leisure opportunities for children, youth and adults including PD events, camp and after school programming
• Children's respite programming with Kerry's Place Autism Services. Hopewell Homes and Canadian Mantal Health Association Waterloo Wellington
• Individualized out-of-home respite for children who are medically fragile/technologically dependent
• Special Friends Erin Saturday program

Specific programming details for these organizations can be accessed via the links under “Respite Options”.