National Respite Care Provider Training

The Respite Care Provider Training (RCPT) is a series of free courses for anyone interested in providing respite care as a career, a part-time job, or even a volunteer activity to individuals with varying disabilities and ages.  Learners can work at their own pace to complete the ten required online courses, stopping and starting as needed. This is an on demand training. If you are interested, create an account on the training portal. You will then receive a confirmation email confirming that you are approved to begin the training. (This may take up to three days).

An online training for entry-level respite providers has been developed to meet these nationally recognized core competencies. Each of the ten courses meets at least one competency. These Respite Care Professional Core Competencies, developed in consultation with the Expert Work Group and submitted for public comments, are meant to serve as a baseline for entry-level respite care professionals, to encourage consistent and high quality national training approaches for respite providers serving all ages and conditions, and contribute to the larger goal of addressing the respite provider shortage.

In New York State the RCPT is offered to any New York State resident. It is free, online and self-paced. Learners receive a certificate of completion.

This project is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $942,520 with 75 percentage funded by ACL/HHS and $312,845 amount and 25 percentage funded by non-government source(s). The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government. NASHP would also like to thank The John A. Hartford Foundation for providing the non-government matching funds for this project.