NORTHERN NEVADA RAVE FAMILY FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Family Respite Care of Nevada formally The Northern Nevada R.A.V.E. Family Foundation (R.A.V.E., an acronym for Respite And Volunteer Experiences) also now Family Respite Care of Nevada was founded in 1995 with the overall goal of child abuse and neglect prevention for children with special needs and/or disabilities through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the State of Nevada Department of Human Resources. The federal grant afforded RAVE three years of funding to establish an effective and viable program to provide center-based child care for children with disabilities. In 1998, RAVE became an independent non-profit organization and has since been providing respite care to families caring for young children with disabilities or special needs.
About This Cause
The Northern Nevada R.A.V.E. Family Foundation was named “Agency of the Year, 2009” by the Human Services Network, as well as being the recipient of the 2009 AND 2013 “Outstanding Program” award by the Kristine Nagy-Johnson Awards of the CAN-Prevent Task Force for the RAVE Family Center. Additionally, Korine Viehweg, Executive Director, has been named the “Administrator of the Year, 2014” by the Human Services Network. The mission of the Northern Nevada R.A.V.E. Family Foundation (RAVE) is to improve the well-being of Nevada families by providing respite to those who care for young and adult children with special needs. RAVE accomplishes this by training youth volunteers to care for these exceptional children and by providing vouchers for families to choose appropriate respite options. The overall goal of RAVE is to help reduce or prevent child abuse and neglect for children with special needs and/or disabilities. Four programs of RAVE are used to accomplish our mission; the RAVE Family Center, the Respite Voucher Program, Jr. RAVE, and Teen RAVE. The RAVE Family Center: Provides center-based respite care for families caring for young children with disabilities, special health care needs, children in foster care, and their siblings who are considered typically developing, between the ages of 3 months through 6 years, while providing volunteer experiences, training, and mentorship to the youth of our community. *Now available in Reno, Sparks, Carson City, and Elko Jr. RAVE & Teen RAVE: Provides center and community-based respite care to families caring for youth and young adults with disabilities, special health care needs, children in foster care, and their siblings who are considered typically developing, between the ages of 7-12 and 13-22, while providing volunteer experiences, training, and mentorship to the youth of our community. The purpose of these programs are to provide respite to families while encouraging child-to-peer interaction and building social skills, in a variety of community environments, while providing volunteer experiences and training to the youth of our community. The Respite Voucher Program: Provides monetary vouchers for respite care to families caring for loved ones birth to elder with disabilities who reside in the rural areas of Nevada, as well as those in Washoe County who are unable to utilize the center and community-based programs RAVE offers. The only county excluded from services in the state of Nevada is Clark County.