{"id":315570,"date":"2020-01-14T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=315570"},"modified":"2020-01-14T06:00:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:00:15","slug":"open-house-teaches-what-crsp-is-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/open-house-teaches-what-crsp-is-all-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Open house teaches what CRSP is all about"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-315570 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/open-house-teaches-what-crsp-is-all-about\/crsp-1\/'>CRSP-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-315571'>\n\t\t\t\tCommonwealth Respite Service Program staff. From left, Regina Terlaje, Linda Torres, Keoni Hosono, Froilan Camacho, and Eulalia V. Arriola at the CRSP office on Capital Hill. (Justine Nauta)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/open-house-teaches-what-crsp-is-all-about\/crsp-2\/'>CRSP-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-315572'>\n\t\t\t\tLinda Torres, third from right, is joined by the staff and patients of the Center for Living Independently at the CRSP office on Capital Hill. (Justine Nauta)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/open-house-teaches-what-crsp-is-all-about\/crsp-3\/'>CRSP-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-315573'>\n\t\t\t\tGuests exchange pleasantries at the Commonwealth Respite Service Program open house last Wednesday. (Justine Nauta)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs\u2019 Commonwealth Respite Service Program kicked off the program with a three-day open house last Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, from 10am to 3pm on Capital Hill.<\/p>\n<p>CRSP administrative assistant Regina Terlaje said the open house was intended to educate the public about their office and to encourage the public to avail of their services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to welcome the community to come and use our services,\u201d she said. \u201cLet us know how we can help you and we see if you are eligible for our program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The main purpose of respite care service providers is to help caregivers who don\u2019t have time for themselves. They will either go into a home during a scheduled time and relieve the primary caretaker for a period of time or utilize the Respite Service facility. <\/p>\n<p>The open house drew a lot of people. \u201cI feel very overwhelmed with the turnout actually. We did send out invitations since last week and we\u2019re all just happy to know that we have this much support for the center,\u201d said DCCA spokesperson Eulalia V. Arriola. \u201cI know that we still have a ways to get it to where we want it to be but this is a very great start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Arriola, there has already been calls to the facility from primary caregivers who want to know more about the services that are being provided. They have already inked an agreement with Marianas Health Services to provide home care when needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anyone in the community is interested in learning more about [respite care], maybe in the future, they are interested in volunteering in the office or learning more about a program as we expand. We welcome them to come and check it out,\u201d said Arriola.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to start the program. I can\u2019t wait to start teaching on how to garden, that\u2019s my passion,\u201d said <\/p>\n<p>Froilan Camacho, whose job is to check one\u2019s eligibility for respite care services, is \u201cexcited\u201d about the program\u2014a sentiment echoed by Keoni Hosono, also of CRSP. \u201cI know that this is something that our community can really benefit from here on the island,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just wanted to get the community to come in and be aware that we have this service available for those people who give full time care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to DCCA Secretary Robert H. Hunter, the open house for CRSP was supposed to happen in early November 2018 but, due to Super Typhoon Yutu, most of the staff were assigned to recovery duties and didn\u2019t get back to their office until last summer of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really excited that we\u2019re finally getting off the ground,\u201d said Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>The open house continued until Jan. 10, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The CRSP office is at building No. 1354 on Mednilla Avenue on Capital Hill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs\u2019 Commonwealth Respite Service Program kicked off the program&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":309809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2222],"class_list":["post-315570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-crsp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}