Respite Care for Mental Health

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Respite care is help for care givers who are responsible for helping loved who need support. When you are looking after someone sometimes you need a break – to go shopping, eat a meal or even a quiet cup of coffee. Your mental health depends on it!

Respite Services Website

Respite Services working together to facilitate respite options that empower individuals with differing abilities and their families to lead active and rewarding lives. Additionally, here is a direct link to registry page for families and workers.

Respite Support And Navigation Services

Respite NS is a unique platform designed for Nova Scotians to connect with respite support and navigation services. Register today!

Direct Family Support for Children

Direct Family Support for Children (DFSC) and Enhanced Family Support for Children (EFSC) provide funding to enable families to support their child with a disability at home. DFSC and EFSC provide funding for the purchase of respite services to assist with scheduled breaks for family care givers. An enhanced funding component may be available for children and families who meet EFSC eligibility criteria.

Flex Program

Flex provides individualized funding to participants living at home with their families or who live independently with support from their families or personal support networks.

Alternative Family Support

The Alternative Family Support Program (AFS) supports persons with disabilities in an approved, private family home. Support and supervision is provided for up to two individuals unrelated to the AFS provider. The program provides a family-like setting for individuals who may require varying levels of support and supervision, who may prefer living with a family, and who will benefit from the additional support a family environment can provide.

Child Abuse Registry Application Form

The Child Abuse Register keeps a record of the names of people that the provincial court or family court has found (during a court process in Nova Scotia) to have caused harm to a child. The Department of Community Services uses the Child Abuse Register to screen prospective foster parents, adoptive parents, and employees or volunteers who work with children. Child protection workers also use the register to help determine if a child needs protective services.