Florida Respite Care for Family Caregivers (2026)

The single most damaging fact about caregiving in Florida is this: the family member doing the caregiving runs out of energy long before the older adult runs out of need. Florida has no state-administered Lifespan Respite Care voucher program, meaning if you are caregiving in Florida, you are not going to find a single statewide application that solves the respite problem. You are going to assemble it yourself, from ten distinct funding rails, none of which talk to each other. This guide is the inventory. It documents every federal, state, Medicaid, Medicare, VA, and private respite stream available to Florida caregivers in 2026, with dollar figures, day caps, statutory citations, and the phone number that opens each door. The single highest-leverage opening move for most Florida families is the Florida Elder Helpline at 1-800-963-5337, that one call screens for four respite streams simultaneously.

What "Respite" Actually Means

Respite, in eldercare, is the umbrella term for any service that gives the primary unpaid caregiver, most often an adult child, spouse, or kinship caregiver, a temporary break from the day-to-day work of caregiving while the older adult continues to receive safe, appropriate care. Florida respite shows up in five formats:

1. In-home respite, a paid worker, agency aide, nurse, or trained volunteer comes to the home for a defined number of hours so the family caregiver can leave, sleep, or take a day off
2. Adult day care, the older adult attends a state-licensed adult day care center for the day, with structured activities, meals, and supervision
3. Short-term residential respite, the older adult stays for a few days to a few weeks at a participating ALF, AFCH, or nursing facility
4. Inpatient hospice respite, the older adult, who must be enrolled in Medicare hospice, stays for up to 5 consecutive days at a Medicare-certified inpatient hospice facility
5. VA-administered respite, for veterans, a separate set of in-home, adult day, and nursing-home respite mechanisms operated through VA Medical Centers

The funding follows the format. Some programs pay for one format only (Medicare hospice respite is inpatient-only); others pay for several. Almost all of them have anti-duplication rules, meaning a single hour or day of respite can only be billed to one funding source.

The Florida Respite Funding Map: Ten Rails

There are ten distinct funding rails for respite in Florida. Five are federal; five are state, Medicaid, or private:

Florida is conspicuously absent from one major federal respite rail: the Lifespan Respite Care Program under 42 USC §254c-13. The HHS TAGGS database under CFDA 93.072 shows no Florida grant in its history, meaning the cross-state-and-disability voucher infrastructure that exists in Alabama, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and 35 other states does not exist in Florida. The substitute is the NFCSP plus ADI, both of which are documented below.

The rest of this guide walks each rail in priority order, the easiest wins first, followed by the dementia-specific rails, the veteran rails, the Medicaid rail, and finally the private gap-fill.

Rail 1: NFCSP / OAA Title III-E, The Federal Default

The National Family Caregiver Support Program is the broadest federal respite stream and the one most Florida families will encounter first. It sits at 42 USC §§3030s through 3030s-2 (OAA Title III, Subtitle E, Sections 371-373), reauthorized through the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-131).

What NFCSP Covers

Under 42 USC §3030s-1(b), every Title III-E-funded AAA must offer five mandated service categories:

1. Information about available caregiver services
2. Assistance to caregivers in gaining access to services
3. Individual counseling, support-group organization, and caregiver training
4. Respite care, the focus of this guide
5. Supplemental services on a limited basis (≤20% of the state subgrant per ACL guidance), transportation, home modifications, consumable supplies

Who Qualifies for NFCSP

Two populations are explicitly covered. The first is family caregivers age 18+ providing in-home or community care to an individual 60+, OR an individual of any age with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (the dementia carve-out at OAA §372(a)(1)(B)). The second is older relative caregivers age 55+ providing care to (a) children under 18 (or 18-19 in HS) or (b) adult children age 18-59 with a disability. Biological and adoptive parents are excluded; the kinship track covers grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles. The 2020 reauthorization eliminated the prior 10% cap on state funds going to kinship caregivers, so AAAs now have full flexibility on the family/kinship split.

How Florida Delivers NFCSP Respite

Florida runs NFCSP through DOEA → 11 Area Agencies on Aging → contracted lead agencies. There is no statewide standard for voucher amount, hour cap, or service mix. Each AAA decides, within federal-allocation constraints, whether to deliver respite as caregiver-directed vouchers redeemable with named providers, as contracted bed reservations at participating ALFs and adult day centers, or as a hybrid. There is also no statewide annual per-caregiver cap; AAAs set local caps.

How to Apply for NFCSP Respite

One number: Elder Helpline 1-800-963-5337 (1-800-96-ELDER). It routes by ZIP code to the AAA covering the older adult's county. From intake to first respite hour typically takes 1-8 weeks depending on AAA capacity, first the assessment (usually 7-14 days), then provider matching, then service start. Caregivers should request the AAA's published Title III-E voucher schedule in writing at intake so they know the local rules.

FY 2026 Federal Funding

The Senate-passed FY 2026 Labor-HHS appropriations bill includes $209 million for NFCSP, a $2 million increase over FY 2025. Final enacted level is pending the appropriations conference. Florida is consistently in the top four state allocations under the OAA §305 Intrastate Funding Formula.

Rail 2: Florida's Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (ADI), The State Dementia Engine

ADI is Florida's largest state-funded respite stream and the single highest-leverage rail for FL families with confirmed dementia diagnoses. It is authorized at §§430.501-430.504, F.S., administered by DOEA, and delivered through the 11 AAAs.

What ADI Covers

Three respite modalities: in-home respite, facility-based respite, and adult day care respite. The Extended Respite track allows up to 30 days of facility-based residential respite per family per year, typically delivered at a participating ALF or memory-care community. In-home respite hours are not statutorily capped; care plans typically authorize 4-20 hours per week depending on caregiver burden and funding availability.

Who Qualifies for ADI

ADI is sliding-scale, NOT means-tested. It is open to Florida residents 18+ with a confirmed Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (ADRD) diagnosis without an income or asset test. Families above defined income thresholds pay a sliding co-pay set by the local AAA, 0% of cost at low income, scaling up. The diagnosis can be from a primary-care physician, a neurologist, or one of Florida's 17 Memory Disorder Clinics (the MDC network is itself authorized under §430.502 F.S.).

The ADI Waitlist

FY 2025-26 Appropriation

The FY 2025-26 General Appropriations Act provides approximately $73.8 million in total ADI line items, including respite, supportive services, MDC contracts, and Project R.E.L.I.E.F.

Rail 3: Project R.E.L.I.E.F., The Volunteer-Based In-Home Arm

Project R.E.L.I.E.F., Respite for Elders Living in Everyday Families, is the volunteer-based in-home respite arm of ADI. It is one of the most underused, highest-ROI respite resources in Florida.

How It Works

Free to qualifying families. Volunteers are trained, screened, and individually matched to a family. They provide up to 4 hours per visit, including evenings and weekends. Volunteers receive a period-of-service stipend (described in DOEA materials as "a stipend, not an hourly wage") plus mileage and expense reimbursement, which makes it easier to recruit and retain volunteers in low-income areas.

Where It's Available

Statewide via the 11 AAAs, but county-level coverage is genuinely uneven. Some counties have active R.E.L.I.E.F. coordinators with full volunteer rosters and same-week match capability. Others have very limited or no current volunteer base. Central Florida operates an independent Project R.E.L.I.E.F. operation (cflprojectrelief.org) covering Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole.

How to Request Project R.E.L.I.E.F.

Same Elder Helpline call: 1-800-963-5337. The intake specialist routes the family to the local AAA, which routes to the R.E.L.I.E.F. coordinator. The single most useful question to ask at intake is "Does my county currently have an active Project R.E.L.I.E.F. coordinator with available volunteers?", that one question saves weeks of waiting if the answer is no.

Rail 4: The CMS GUIDE Model, The Best Federal Rail for Dementia Families

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the GUIDE Model (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) on July 1, 2024, as an 8-year alternative payment demonstration running through June 30, 2032. For dementia families on Medicare fee-for-service, GUIDE is the highest-leverage federal respite rail, it has no waitlist, no income test, and no Florida state-budget exposure.

The $2,500 Respite Benefit

Who Qualifies for GUIDE

GUIDE eligibility requires:

• Medicare Parts A AND B fee-for-service enrollment (Medicare Advantage enrollees are NOT eligible, this is the single most common disqualification)
• Confirmed dementia diagnosis
• Not enrolled in Medicare hospice
• Not a long-stay nursing home resident
• Identified caregiver
• Attribution to a participating GUIDE practice

There is no national consumer portal for GUIDE. Families must locate a participating practice via the CMS Innovation Center's published participants list and ask the practice to enroll the beneficiary.

Florida GUIDE Participants

Florida has 34 GUIDE participants in the 2026 cohort, 11 Established Programs that began billing on 7/1/2024, plus 23 New Programs that completed the pre-implementation year and began billing on 7/1/2025. FL participants include Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, AdventHealth, BayCare, Memorial Healthcare System, Remo Health, and Memory Lane Care Services, among others. Because CMS allows the participant roster to change during the performance period, families should verify current participation directly at the CMS Innovation Center participants page before assuming a practice is in the program.

The Care Navigator

Each GUIDE-enrolled beneficiary is assigned a 24/7 care navigator at the participating practice. The navigator is the operational hub, they vet respite providers, schedule the service, process the back-end CMS billing, and ensure each respite hour or day is properly counted against the $2,500 ledger. Families should request services through the navigator, not pay the respite agency directly.

Rail 5: Medicare Hospice Inpatient Respite, 5 Days, Inpatient, Per Benefit Period

The Medicare hospice respite benefit is the most-misunderstood respite mechanic in U.S. eldercare. Families consistently expect "Medicare hospice respite" to be in-home care delivered to give the caregiver a break. It is not. It is exclusively delivered as an inpatient stay at a Medicare-certified hospice inpatient facility, hospital, or skilled nursing facility.

The Hospice Respite Statute

42 CFR §418.302 (payment procedures) and 42 USC §1395d (Medicare Part A hospice benefit). Up to 5 consecutive days of inpatient respite per benefit period. Multiple 5-day stays are permitted across multiple benefit periods (90-day, 90-day, then unlimited 60-day periods under 42 CFR §418.21), but each individual respite stay caps at 5 consecutive days.

Eligibility

The patient must be enrolled in Medicare hospice, terminal prognosis ≤6 months if the disease runs its normal course, with two physician certifications under 42 CFR §418.22 (initial certification by the hospice medical director plus the attending physician). Dementia-specific hospice eligibility requires a FAST score of 7C or higher plus a secondary medical complication under LCD L34567.

FY 2026 Rates

CMS published the FY 2026 hospice payment rates in CMS-1835-F (final rule August 5, 2025), effective October 1, 2025:

What the Family Pays

5% of the Medicare-approved respite payment per day, at FY 2026 rates approximately $26.62 per day. The combined annual hospice coinsurance liability (hospice drug copay plus respite coinsurance) cannot exceed the 2026 Part A inpatient deductible of $1,676.

How to Request It

Through the hospice agency, NOT directly from Medicare. The hospice arranges placement at a contracted facility. Hospice agencies are required to offer respite when caregiver fatigue is documented. Families should ask the hospice nurse, social worker, or chaplain, and document the request in writing if there is any pushback.

Florida's Major Hospice Operators

• VITAS Healthcare (Miami HQ; the largest U.S. hospice; statewide footprint)
• Empath Trustbridge Hospice, the combined entity following Empath Health–Trustbridge integration completed April 2024 with continued operational consolidation through 2026, now serving approximately 5,000 hospice patients daily across Empath Hospice, Hospice of Marion County, Suncoast Hospice, Tidewell Hospice, Hospice of Palm Beach County, and Hospice by the Sea
• Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care (Central Florida; Chapters Health System affiliate effective 2025)
• Big Bend Hospice (Tallahassee/Panhandle)
• Halifax Health Hospice (Volusia/Flagler)
• Catholic Hospice (Miami-Dade/Broward)
• Avow Hospice (Collier)
• Hope Hospice (Lee/Collier/Charlotte/Hendry/Glades)

Florida hospice licensure: Ch. 400 Pt IV F.S.; Rule 59A-37 F.A.C.

Rail 6: VA Respite Under 38 CFR §17.111, Open to ALL Enrolled Veterans

This is the single most-underused VA respite stream and the most commonly missed by Florida families. Any enrolled veteran qualifies for VA respite under 38 CFR §17.111. PCAFC enrollment is NOT required.

Three Modalities

• In-Home Respite, VA-paid HHA worker comes to the home
• Adult Day Health Care Respite, veteran attends an adult day health program
• Nursing Home Respite, veteran stays at a VA Community Living Center or contracted community nursing home, capped at 30 days per calendar year

Copayment

How to Apply for §17.111 Respite

Statewide entry: VA Caregiver Support Line 1-855-260-3274. The veteran's VAMC Caregiver Support Coordinator coordinates the intake. Confirmed Florida VAMCs administering respite (May 2026):

• VA Bay Pines (Pinellas/Pasco/Hernando/Citrus), (727) 398-6661
• James A. Haley VAMC Tampa, (813) 972-2000
• Malcom Randall / VA North Florida-South Georgia (Gainesville)
• Orlando VA Healthcare System
• VA Miami (Miami-Dade/Broward/Monroe)
• VA West Palm Beach (Palm Beach/Treasure Coast)
• VA Gulf Coast (Pensacola/Panhandle)

Rail 7: PCAFC, Stipend Plus Dedicated Respite for Eligible Veterans

The Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) sits at 38 USC §1720G with regulations at 38 CFR Part 71. PCAFC delivers two distinct respite mechanics: the stipend (which can be spent on respite at the caregiver's discretion) and dedicated respite (which is at least 30 days/year on top of the stipend).

The Stipend

The PCAFC stipend is calculated as GS-4 Step 1 (locality-adjusted) ÷ 12 × tier multiplier:

• Level 1 General, multiplier 0.625
• Level 2 Unable to Self-Sustain, multiplier 1.00

The 2026 GS-4 Step 1 base is $31,103/year. Locality adjustments matter materially in Florida. Tampa/Orlando (Rest of US locality) Level 2 stipend lands at approximately $3,034/month. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie locality Level 2 stipend lands at approximately $3,232/month. The stipend is NOT earmarked for respite, the Primary Family Caregiver decides allocation. Many families allocate part of the stipend to private respite hours, but this is at family discretion.

The Dedicated Respite

Under 38 CFR §71.40, PCAFC families receive at least 30 days of dedicated respite per year on top of the stipend, separately funded, available in-home, at adult day health, or at a VA Community Living Center / community nursing home. The regulation says "not less than 30 days," which means a family with a clinical need can request more if the Primary Family Caregiver demonstrates the need.

Eligibility, PACT Act Expansion

PACT Act expansion is fully implemented as of May 2026. PCAFC now covers veterans of all eras with a serious injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty on or after May 7, 1975 (the post-Vietnam expansion), plus the original post-9/11 cohort. Combined service-connected disability rating ≥70% is required, plus need for personal-care services for ≥6 months OR meeting the "unable to self-sustain in the community" higher-need standard. The legacy participant transition has been extended through September 30, 2028 per 90 Fed. Reg. 47038 (Sept. 29, 2025), protecting pre-PACT-Act-era families during the eligibility transition.

How to Apply for PCAFC

VA Form 10-10CG. Statewide entry: VA Caregiver Support Line 1-855-260-3274. Stipend questions: 1-833-930-0816.

Rail 8: SMMC LTC Waiver Respite, For Enrolled Members Only

Florida's Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long-Term Care (SMMC LTC) program covers respite as one of its HCBS array services, but only for enrolled members, applicants on the SMMC LTC waitlist (which runs 48,000-59,000 frailty-ranked applicants) cannot access respite via this rail until they are enrolled.

The SMMC LTC Respite Statute

Operationalized at Fla. Admin. Code R. 59G-4.192 and the AHCA-Plan contract Exhibit II-B service array. HCBS authority floor at 42 CFR §441.300 et seq.

What's Covered

Both in-home respite and facility-based respite. Facility-based overnight respite is typically delivered at a participating ALF, AFCH, ADHC, or nursing facility for short-term stay. Respite is a separate service-authorization line from personal care/attendant care, they do not draw from the same authorization, but they are evaluated together against the federal HCBS cost-neutrality envelope.

Hour and Day Caps

There is no statutory cap. Plan-level informal caps often run 14-30 days/year for facility respite and 4-20 hours/week for in-home respite, but caregivers can request more through the Plan-of-Care amendment process and the grievance/Fair Hearing process if denied.

Self-Direction (PDO)

Under the Participant-Directed Option, respite is one of the PDO-eligible services. Adult children, friends, non-spouse relatives, and spouses can all be hired as the PDO respite worker. Florida's PDO is one of the more permissive programs on this point, the state's approved waiver explicitly contemplates that legally responsible individuals, including spouses, may serve as paid PDO direct service workers as long as they meet the worker requirements (age 18+, Level 2 background screening, executed worker agreement) and the work goes beyond the level of care a family member would ordinarily provide without compensation. The one structural restriction is that a person serving as the member's authorized PDO Representative cannot simultaneously be the paid PDO Direct Service Worker for that member. The PDO 2026 hourly respite rate ranges $13.50-$17.50/hour depending on the plan and service classification.

Rail 9: Specialized Adult Day Care Under §429.918 F.S.

Florida adult day care licensure sits in Chapter 429 Part III (§§429.901-429.929 F.S.) implemented by Rule 59A-16 F.A.C. The specialized Alzheimer's services designation under §429.918 F.S. is the dementia-specific track that pairs with multiple respite funding rails, NFCSP, ADI, GUIDE, VA, SMMC LTC, and private pay all accept §429.918 specialized adult day as an eligible respite-by-day-care expenditure.

The Specialized Standards

§429.918 F.S. requires:

• Direct-care staff training of ≥4 hours initial dementia training plus ≥4 hours continuing education annually (the "4+4" rule)
• Minimum staff-to-participant ratio of 1:5 for ADRD participants, maintained at all times
• Individualized written care plans
• Structured cognitive-appropriate activities
• Written program disclosure to families
• 30-day pre-licensure notice for the specialized designation

Inspection Cadence

AHCA conducts abbreviated biennial inspections of centers with good performance records, full inspection required if there has been a confirmed complaint within the licensure period or a serious problem identified during the abbreviated inspection.

Cost

Florida statewide median for standard adult day care: approximately $80-$100 per day in 2025-2026 (Genworth/CareScout 2024 baseline ~$93/day). Specialized §429.918 dementia day care typically runs $100-$130 per day in metro markets, reflecting the 1:5 staffing requirement and dementia-specific programming overhead.

Funding Stack

A single day of adult day care can only be paid by ONE funding source, but families often layer across days. A common Florida pattern: Monday-Wednesday paid by NFCSP voucher, Thursday-Friday paid by ADI voucher, with the family covering occasional gap days privately.

Rail 10: The Private Respite Stack

When the public rails are exhausted or unavailable, Florida families turn to private gap-fill.

Long-Term Care Insurance Riders

Most modern LTCi policies sold in Florida since 2010 include a respite-care provision covering in-home or facility respite, counted against the policy's overall benefit period. Review your policy declarations for day-limit and daily-benefit details, as terms vary widely. LTC insurance benefits up to $420 per day in 2026 (the HIPAA / IRC §7702B per-diem cap) are excluded from income for chronically-ill insureds.

Out-of-Pocket Short-Term Residential

Short-stay residential respite is available at participating ALFs, AFCHs, and memory-care communities. Pricing varies widely by facility and market; contact facilities directly for current short-stay rates. AFCH availability is limited by the 5-bed-per-home cap.

Out-of-Pocket In-Home Respite

Florida HHAs charge a statewide median of approximately $25/hour, with metro market rates ranging roughly $23-$29.25/hour (Genworth/CareScout 2025; Naples is the state high at ~$29.25/hr). Florida Nurse Registries typically charge less because they pass through to the worker with a smaller administrative margin. RNs run higher ($45-$70/hour). Overnight 8-12 hour shifts often carry a small discount.

Faith-Based and Volunteer Networks

Outside Project R.E.L.I.E.F., several Florida organizations offer free or low-cost respite via volunteer networks. The Respite for All Foundation operates ministry sites in several FL counties. Some Alzheimer's Association local chapters host respite-care mornings. Several Florida Catholic dioceses, Jewish Federations, and Muslim community organizations operate informal caregiver-respite programs. These are not centrally cataloged. The best access path is the local AAA's resource specialist or the Alzheimer's Association 24/7 helpline at 1-800-272-3900.

The Stacking Rules: How to Layer Without Double-Billing

Anti-duplication clauses are uniformly enforced across NFCSP, ADI, GUIDE, SMMC LTC, VA, Medicare hospice, and Lifespan Respite. A single hour or day of respite can only be paid by ONE funding source.

What Works

• NFCSP III-E for in-home respite Monday-Wednesday + ADI for adult day Thursday-Friday + Medicare hospice IRC for an inpatient respite week once per benefit period (distinct hours, distinct days, no overlap)
• PCAFC stipend (paid to the caregiver) plus VA dedicated respite (paid to the provider), different payee roles, no double-counting
• SMMC LTC personal care during weekday hours plus NFCSP III-E voucher for weekend respite (different services, different days)

What Does NOT Work

• Billing NFCSP and ADI for the same day
• Using GUIDE $2,500 to top up a paid SMMC LTC respite hour
• Using PCAFC stipend AND VA dedicated respite to pay the same paid worker for the same hour
• Stacking Medicare hospice IRC with any other respite payment during the 5-day inpatient stay (hospice supersedes for hospice-related care)

The Payer-of-Last-Resort Rule

Title III-E (NFCSP) is the OAA payer of last resort where Medicaid covers the same service. Medicaid is generally last payer except where Medicare hospice supersedes for hospice-related care. The practical effect: if a family qualifies for SMMC LTC respite, they should use that first; NFCSP fills gaps.

Florida-Specific Gaps Families Must Know About

The federal tax mechanisms, Dependent Care FSA, the Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit, the medical-expense itemized deduction for a live-in parent, and the long-term-care insurance per-diem income exclusion, are still available to Florida residents (Florida has no state income tax, so there is no state caregiver tax credit either way).

Where to Call First: A Decision Tree

The most useful action a Florida caregiver can take in the first 60 seconds of respite planning is to identify which of four phone numbers is the right opening move.

Eight Common Family Confusions This Guide Fights

1. Medicare hospice respite is INPATIENT, not at-home. Five consecutive days at a Medicare-certified inpatient facility, hospital, or SNF.
2. GUIDE $2,500 is annual aggregate, July-June program year, no carryover. Many families assume monthly accrual.
3. PCAFC stipend is NOT earmarked for respite. Caregiver discretion.
4. NFCSP voucher amounts vary by AAA. No statewide standard.
5. VA respite under §17.111 is open to all enrolled veterans. PCAFC enrollment is NOT required.
6. SMMC LTC waitlist gives no respite access. Only enrolled members get SMMC LTC respite.
7. Florida has no state Lifespan Respite Care Program grant. National caregiver guides referring families to "your state's Lifespan Respite program" do not apply in Florida.
8. Specialized §429.918 adult day care ≠ standard adult day care. Different licenses, different staffing ratios, different pricing.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Bottom Line

The most damaging fact about Florida caregiving is the absence of a single statewide application for respite. The compensating fact is that there are ten distinct funding rails, and most Florida families qualify for at least three of them simultaneously. The single highest-ROI action a Florida caregiver can take is to call the Elder Helpline at 1-800-963-5337 and ask the intake specialist to screen for NFCSP, ADI, CCE, and CARES in one conversation. For dementia families, add a referral to a CMS GUIDE participating practice. For veterans' families, add the VA Caregiver Support Line at 1-855-260-3274.

The rails do not stack on the same hour. They stack across distinct hours, distinct days, distinct service types. The work, and it is work, is mapping which hour or day belongs to which rail. Florida's 11 Area Agencies on Aging exist specifically to do that mapping for you. They are underused; they are also underfunded. The earlier in the federal fiscal year you start, the more options you will have before the respite cliff narrows them.

Learn More

• Respite Care for Family Caregivers: The 50-State Guide
• Your Complete Guide to Being a Family Caregiver in Florida
• Florida Caregiver Programs: A Family Guide
• How to Get Paid to Care for a Family Member in Florida
• Florida Dementia Caregiver Guide
• Florida Caregiver Resources: Hotlines and Where to Get Help

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