Candlelight's Respite Program provides preventative resources ideal for maintaining, strenthening, and supporting in home and foster care placements. Respite care services are provided for adolescent females for up to 15 days at a time without a court order. Traditional respite clients are integrated into ABC residential programming. Candlelight also offers weekend respite care for males and females.

Respite care is offered year round. Programming provides opportunities for adolescents to be in a safe, supervised, structured environment. Clients will have opportunities to learn social and interactive skills. Respite can provide relief for care providers, and serve as an alternative to secure detention or shelter care. It is also available for emergency placements. To submit a referral or for more information, please contact our Program Manager.

Services and Programming for respite clients include: Community Service Cognitive-Behavioral Groups Insight-Based Groups Independent Living Skills Recreation Activities Study Time Behavior Modification Daily Documention Liaison with School System
Candlelight's weekend respite programming is available on alternating weekends for boys and girls. The weekend respite programming is slightly more activity based, although there is still some behavior modification built in.