• Respite Care of San Antonio opens on the campus of Mission Road Developmental Center
• Respite care provides in-home services with funding from the Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities
• Respite Care, with the help of Mission Road Developmental Center, receives a planning grant from the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County.
  

August 1989:
Patti Teter becomes Respite Care’s energetic and visionary Executive Director.

Spring 1990:
Respite 500 Mini Grand Prix is established as a part of the San Antonio Grand Prix Race.

August 1993:
Cara Magrane joins the Respite team as Jesuit Volunteer- the first of many giving young professionals who have become a consistent and integral component of Respite Care.

December 1993:
Mother’s Day Out service opens at Trinity Baptist Church, north of the central city.

November 1994:
Family Day Out services are provided every Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in the central city.

November 1994:
“Un Tiempo Especial, Un Lugar Especial” (“A Special Time, A Special Place”), an enriched Mother's Day Out service, opens at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on the city’s west side.

• A Capital Campaign is undertaken to establish Texas’ first and only emergency crisis shelter for children with disabilities.
• Respite Care offices move from Mission Road Developmental Center to temporary space at the Northeast Independent School District Building.
• Funding is secured from Ray Ellison Family Trust, City of San Antonio, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Community Development Block Grant, Valero Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Board of Directors and many friends.
• Parent’s Night Out opens at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church.

March 1996:
A generous gift from the Davidson Family Charitable Foundation secures the future of the shelter to be named after the foundation.

• Davidson Respite House is established
• RCSA offices settle into permanent location in the carriage house of the Davidson Respite House
• An Endowment Fund is established to ensure the future of Respite Care of San Antonio, Inc.

September 2000:
Respite Daycare opens at Christ Episcopal Church.

November 2000:
Mother’s Day Out opens at E.T. Dixon United Methodist Church on San Antonio’s east side.

May 2001:
The Medical Wellness Center opens at the Davidson Respite House.

August 2001:
Providian Financial Group commits $100,000 to RCSA to underwrite the Respite 500 for the next five years.

November 2001:

• H-E-B commits $1million to the Endowment Fund
• Installation of the Angel Garden with the first Angel in honor of H-E-B.

December 2001:
Bert Pfiester takes over the helm as RCSA’s new Executive Director.

September 2002:
Respite Care of San Antonio begins celebration of its 15th Anniversary Year.

February 2003:
RCSA forms a partnership with El Centro del Barrio to enhance wellness services for the children of Respite Care.

January 2003:
Methodist Healthcare Ministries provides the funding to CentroMed to provide medical services to special needs children and school-age siblings.

May 2004:
Respite Care was selected as the national charity of the year for 2003 by the PGA TOUR.

September 2005:
Baptist Health Services Foundation provides a grant to provide additional medical services to the children of Respite Care.