Mike Morton - The Early Days of Respite Services

Mike Morton - The Early Days of Respite Services

Community Living

Legislation

Mike Morton worked in Indiana state government for 20 years. In the late 1970s, after the legislature passed the Family Subsidy law, he was responsible for defining family subsidy, which included respite services. The Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities supported the respite program with funding for administrative costs of managing the service. Agencies began to develop respite programs and train people. Eventually, respite services became defined under the Medicaid Waiver. Mike was interviewed in 2013.

Indiana Disability History Project

Center on Aging and Community, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

2013-03-08

Mike Morton - Interviewee

Jennie Todd - Interviewer

Peggy Holtz - Videographer/editor

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"Mike Morton - The Early Days of Respite Services," YouTube video, 00:03:59, interview excerpt 015-mi-01 by the Indiana Disability History Project on March 08, 2013, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on December 2, 2017, https://youtu.be/ozWFvTBjzhc.

Indiana

1970s - 1980s