What is La Ressource Respite House? Our respite house is a government-registered non-profit organization which is managed by the parents of mentally disabled children and by people who care about their neighbours’ quality of life. CLSC Saint-Michel has greatly contributed to the beginnings of the respite house, and still plays an important part in its growth. The respite house is also part of the 'Vivre Saint‑Michel en santé project
What is the respite house for? At the respite house, we aim to help parents who have a mentally handicapped child. For many years now, the government has been trying to find ways to return institutionalized people, including mentally handicapped people, to their families. Being a parent is a year-round job, day in and day out. Getting a little rest is no luxury: it’s a necessity. Community organizations don’t have enough resources and social services budgets keep getting cut back. That is why some parents decided to get together and find their own solutions and resources: they created La Ressource Respite House. 
What are our objectives?
Short term: TO KEEP GIVING PARENTS A REST ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, for $20 per day.
Summer 2012: Summer Camp on weekdays starting June 26 2012 -- Cost: 20$ per day.
Long term: Our goal is to give parents a whole week of rest, and eventually, to organize summer camps. This service provides families with networking opportunities such as meetings, written medias, etc., in order to keep them from living in isolation..
We offer social integration services in an effort to help mentally disabled people acquire the life skills they need to be self-sufficient. These specialized services will focus on capacity and personal skills development to help people play a bigger part in their communities.
Contact us
La Ressource Respite House 208-2651, boul. Crémazie est Montréal (Québec) H1Z 2H6
Coordinator, Mrs. Maritza Ferrada Phone number: 514-814-6552 E-mail: secretariat@repitlaressource.org
Acknowledgements We wish to thank the people of CSSS St-Léonard and St-Michel and CLSC Saint-Michel for their valuable help and their continuing support.
We also wish to thank L'intégrale, who let us hold our Saturday and Sunday activities in their premises.
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