Colorado program
Money towards a break from caring
A Colorado charity program reimburses some family respite costs when applications are open.
What it is
A Colorado charity program reimburses some family respite costs when applications are open.
A break from caregiving can help a family keep going. This particular reimbursement program is closed for 2026. Its interest list is a way to hear about reopening, not an award or a reserved place.
Eligibility rules
- New applications are closed for 2026. Ask the program for its income rules and award amounts.
What you get
- Possible reimbursement toward respite care when the program reopens.
What the help includes
- Easterseals Colorado administers the program. It is charity-run rather than an entitlement to state benefits.
If you decide to apply
- Visit the Colorado Respite Coalition's paying-for-respite page if you want to join the interest list.
- Discuss other respite options with the social worker while checking what this program can offer.
Colorado Respite Coalition / Easterseals Colorado · Official page ↗
After you ask
- The organization contacts interested families about reopening. No reopening date is promised.
Good to know
Joining the interest list does not mean funds are available or that respite already purchased will be reimbursed.
Other details
- Families may know this assistance by its former voucher description. The current program is a reimbursement program.
- New applications are closed for 2026. The program confirms any next opening, award limit, eligible caregiver and reimbursement dates. Before purchasing care, ask whether approval must come first. Waiver respite and other funding sources have separate rules.
Official sources
“Is this respite interest list useful for us, and what limits would a future reimbursement have? Could you help us compare it with support available sooner?”
Why I’m asking: I need to understand realistic ways to take a break from caregiving without relying on funds that are closed.
More background and detailed requirements
Additional program information and published rules
Who does what
The three parts, side by side. The agency decides; nobody on this page does.
You
Join the interest list.
Your social worker
The charity contacts the list when it reopens.
The care team
Nothing.
- Who decides
- Easterseals Colorado.
- Ask your social worker
- “Is there respite money in Colorado we can join a waiting list for?”
How to apply
First step: Ask to join the interest list on the Colorado Respite Coalition page.
- Ask to be added to the interest list so you hear when it reopens.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Ask to be added to the interest list on the Colorado Respite Coalition page.
What to gather
- Your contact details
How long: Unknown; the reopening date was not published.
What a yes looks like
A place on the interest list and a notification when it reopens.
What a no looks like, and the next move
Ask the county about respite inside the Medicaid waiver instead.
Watch out
- It is closed for 2026. Join the interest list rather than waiting for a form.
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
Reimbursement towards respite care, currently closed to new applications for 2026.
Covers: Reimbursement for respite the family arranges itself
What it costs the family: Unknown.
The eligibility facts, as published
- Status
- Closed to new applications for 2026; the income rule and award amount were not retrieved
The trap: It is not taking applications for 2026, so this is a note for later rather than a call to make this week. Ask to be told when it reopens.
Where I read this
- Colorado Respite Coalition - Paying for respite care — Easterseals Colorado, read September 10, 2026
- Colorado Respite Coalition - About us — Easterseals Colorado, read September 10, 2026