Group Care Facilities

• Ensures sanitary health and safety practices

• Checks construction, operation and maintenance

• Minimize risk or injury and disease

There are two categories within group care facilities:

Residential facilities:

• Assisted Living Facilities (ALF)

• Adult Family Care Homes

• Licensed Child Caring Agencies

• Short-term Residential Treatment Centers

• Residential Treatment Facilities

• Home for Special Services

• Transitional Living Facilities

• Crisis Stabilization Units (CSU)

• Hospice

• Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled (ICFDD)

Non-residential facilities:

• Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers

• Public, Charter, and Private Schools, including Boarding Schools

Florida Department of Health Group Care Facilities Website

DOH is not a primary licensing agency and does not conduct any inspections at homes/facilities licensed by Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD).

Anyone looking to open a group home needs to initially contact one of the following primary licensing agencies to obtain information on how to open or get licensed by that agency:

1. Agency for Health Care Administration for homes/facilities serving the elderly, the disabled and mental health facilities.

2. Department of Children and Families for homes/facilities serving children.

3. Agency for Persons with Disabilities for homes/facilities serving only individuals with disabilities.