Residential Care and School Facilities

Facility types that we inspect 

The following programs are designed to protect the public from environmental dangers that may cause illness or injury when they are in care of a residential setting outside of their own home. Below is a listing of the types of different Residential Care & School Facilities that we inspect. Following the type of facility is the licensing agency that grants the facility their license to operate and a link to that agency’s website that will give you more information on how to open or operate that type of facility.

• Assisted Living Facility (Agency for Health Care Administration: (ALF Licensing Information)
• Adult Family Care Homes (AHCA: AFCH Licensing Information)
• Residential Group Home (Agency for Persons with Disabilities: APD Residential Group Home Information or Department of Children and Family services: (DCF: Residential Group Home Information)
• Adult Day Care (ACHA: Adult Day Care Information)
• Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (ACHA: Developmentally Disabled Facility Information)
• Residential Drug Treatment Center (DCF: Residential Drug Treatment Information)
• Transitional Living Facility (ACHA: TLF Information)
• Schools: Public and Private (Department of Education)
• Child Care (Day Care DCF: Child Care Information)
• Family Foster Home (DCF: Foster Care Information)

APPLICATIONS

The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County is required to perform a plan review of all proposed or existing facilities. This requires one set of plans to be submitted which includes:

1. The application completely filled out.
2. A floor plan of the proposed facility showing bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchen and all other features.
3. A plot plan showing property lines, wells (if applicable) septic tanks (if applicable) and physical location of all structures.

Group Care Application Form

Private Public and Charter School Application