Extended Family Teaching Cooperative

EFT Co-op Mission:

To provide structured support that enhances the family teacher's ability to support people with developmental disabilities and tend to their own natural family needs.

CLO has developed an Extended Family Teacher Cooperative that provides structured support to enhance the ability of family teachers to support people with developmental disabilities and tend to the needs of their own families, including:

Structured and non-structured social and educational opportunities so Extended Family Teachers can network and learn from each other or from invited speakers about ways to improve the quality of their chosen lifestyle;
A "shelf of supports," from which Extended Family Teachers can purchase what they need (i.e., pre-packaged insurance options);
A system of natural, no-cost or low-cost respite/relief through a collective of family teachers who "trade" respite among themselves, and a volunteer support group of family members and advocates of persons served;
Fee-based respite services to augment natural respite support methods;
A website to foster the sharing of information; and
An EFT ListServ that allows message posting by all members of the Co-op to encourage a sense of community.

EFT Co-op Newsletter 1st Edition - November 2003
EFT Co-op Newsletter 2nd Edition - March 2004

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