Set up the ask
North Dakota Health and Human Services
Lifespan Respite Care Grant
What you get
Emergency respite when other public funding cannot cover a break from caregiving. Prior approval and payment limits apply. Open now.
Families cannot contact this program directly; it goes through your care team.
- Who starts it
- Your care team
- How it’s sent
- Through your care team
- Your time
- One conversation with your care team
- Last checked
- Aug 27, 2026
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One thing to do: ask your care teamThey send it. You give them what they need.
North Dakota Health and Human Services takes requests from your care team, not from families. Copy this message, or say it at the next visit.
Hi [social worker’s name], Could you send a request to North Dakota Health and Human Services for us? Emergency respite when other public funding cannot cover a break from caregiving. It has to come from you. Their page is here: https://www.nd.gov/eforms/Doc/sfn00548.pdf I’ll bring the completed SFN 548 to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us. [your name] · [phone]
Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.What to bring to the meeting
- Completed SFN 548.
After your care team sends it
Keep a copy and follow up with their staff if receipt is not confirmed.