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Family support is the support of families with a member with a disability, which may include a child, an adult or even the parent in the family. In the United States, family support includes "unpaid" or "informal" support by neighbors, families and friends, "paid services" through specialist agencies providing an array of services termed "family support services", school or parent services for special needs such as respite care, specialized child care or peer companions, or cash subsidies, tax deductions or other financial subsidies. Family support has been extended to different population groups in the US and worldwide. Family support services is currently a "community services and funding" stream in New York and the US which has had variable "application" based on disability group, administrating agency, and even, regulatory and legislative intent. -- Original Wiki Article Family support

Edit first two sentences to make it clear what will be talked about in the article: Family support helps families access a broad array of supports and services, including formal supports (such as paid respite care), and informal supports (such as parent to parent connections), and a community system of services that highly promote the overall well-being of families with a member who has a disability. Family support aims to increase the strength and resilience of families, support parents as they help their children or family member with a disability achieve their full potential, improve community capacity to serve these families, help families make these critical connections to other families and resources in the community, and inevitably provides individualized, family driven support that ultimately respects the family culture, values, and preferences.