About the Wisconsin Respite Care Registry
This FREE registry serves as a bridge between family caregivers and respite care providers. Family caregivers can search the registry for in-home or facility-based respite care.
What types of respite care providers are on the Registry?
Independent respite care providers who have completed RCAW’s Respite Care Provider Training can create a profile on the Registry.
Provider agencies and facility-based respite providers can create a profile on the Registry.
FAQs and Resources
Respite Care Association of Wisconsin provides the Respite Care Registry but does not explicitly endorse any participants. We encourage respite care providers to have a recent background check available to provide to primary caregivers.
If you are a primary caregiver and wish to run a background check, we empower you to do so. You can visit the Wisconsin Department of Justice – Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS) to take control of the process.
Effective October 1, 2024, the fee for Caregiver background checks conducted through the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s WORCS system will increase to $15. For information regarding Caregiver background checks, please visit https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/misconduct/employee.htm or email
[email protected].
Here is a link to a form for completing the information of the person you will be doing the background check on. More information can be found here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/misconduct/backgroundchecks.htm.
You can also visit RCAW’s KIT for Caregivers: Knowledge, Information, and Tools as a resource and guide.
Primary or family caregivers needing respite care can search the registry and research respite provider profiles. The primary caregiver then contacts the respite provider to set up an interview, ask for a background check, negotiate specific care needs, and the hourly rate for providing care.
Primary caregivers create an account and then search the Wisconsin Respite Care Registry. After reviewing their results, the primary caregiver will contact the provider and:
- set up an interview,
- ask for a background check, and
- negotiate specific care needs and the hourly rate for providing care.
- Respite Care Association of Wisconsin, primarily a connector, does not function as an employment agency. It plays a crucial role in linking primary caregivers and respite care providers.
- RCAW is not an employer nor a provider. RCAW is a connector that bridges the gap between primary caregivers and respite care providers.
- Respite care providers listed on the registry are typically self-employed, employed by a third-party agency, or a direct hire by a self-directed consumer or primary caregiver.
- It is the responsibility of those listed on or using this registry to do their due diligence in ensuring the match is a good fit for both parties.
It’s essential for the person receiving care to not only pay their respite care providers directly but also to handle all employment-related arrangements.
If you are looking for resources to help you navigate hiring a respite care provider, please visit the following pages of our site:
Disclaimer: Before proceeding to the Registry, please review the RCAW WI RESPITE CARE REGISTRY AND RESPITE CONNECTIONS TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE BY CLICKING HERE. The Registry is provided as a community service for informational purposes only and is not all-inclusive. Joining our Registry as a provider does not create an employer/employee relationship, contractor/subcontractor, or any other contract or affiliation of any kind between a provider and RCAW. RCAW’s list of providers in the database does not represent an endorsement, and providers not listed in the database do not constitute a lack of support. RCAW also reserves the right to refuse a provider’s request to be listed on the Registry or to remove a provider’s existing listing on the Registry for any reason not prohibited by prevailing law with or without cause. By joining the Registry or searching for a provider on the Registry, you agree to hold RCAW harmless and indemnify RCAW from any claims, causes of action, charges, fines, taxes, costs, or damages that arise from your use of the Registry and from your communications with any person or your contracting to provide any services to any person.
RCAW does not check the background, references, or any other aspect of the agencies and individuals listed on the Registry. If you are using the Registry to search for a provider, you must take responsibility for reviewing the experience, background checks, and qualifications of any respite provider or agency that you may hire, as the providers are self-reporting all information. For more information on Background Checks, please review the full terms and conditions of use linked above.