• "Assisted or Assistive Living"

• Adult Foster Care & Homes for the Aged Licensing
Licensing and regulation of family, small, large and congregate adult foster care homes, homes for the aged, and specialized programs for developmentally disabled and/or mentally ill individuals who reside in adult foster care homes.

• Who Needs Foster Care

• Placement of a Resident

• Resident Rights

• AFC Advisory Council

• AFC Advisory Council Meeting Minutes

• Tutorial for Application Inquiries

• Original License Application Packet

• Licensee/Applicant Rights

• Group Policy Content Worksheet 

• Fire Safety Inspections

• Onsite Inspection Worksheets

• AFC Group Home Technical Assistance Handbook 

• Background Check Information

• Certification of Specialized Programs Application - BCAL-1609 
Must currently be licensed to be certified

• Appendix F Life Safety Code

• AFC Approved Training Opportunities

• AFC Self-Study Training

• On-Going Training

• Requested Training

• Scheduled AFC Training

• Focused Onsite Renewal Inspection Tutorial and Online Test

• Notice of Finding Tutorial, 2-29-08 

• Background Check Tutorial, 11-20-07 

• License Suspensions
For Press Releases of License Suspensions prior to December 8, 2003, visit the Department of Labor and Economic Growth website.

• Adult Foster Care/Homes for the Aged Facilities

• Adult Foster Care Record Description

• Statewide Text File of Adult Foster Care Facilities

• Contact Information

• FOIA - Freedom of Information Requests for The Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing

• Online FOIA Submission Form

• AFC/HFA Public Feedback
For general questions regarding adult foster care or home for the aged, use this form to share your thoughts or request information.

• Focused Onsite Renewal Inspection Questionnaire
AFC/HFA Licensee Post-Inspection Questionnaire

• Standard Onsite Renewal Inspection Questionnaire
AFC/HFA Licensee Post-Inspection Questionnaire

• Feedback/Comments Regarding a Specific AFC/HFA

• Complaints

• Fall Prevention & Information

• Health Care Checklist 
Home health care services pandemic influenza planning checklist

• Dementia Information

• Help with Alzheimer's Disease Related Behaviors

• Hyperthermia: Heat Related Illness

• MRSA Information

• Nutrition Information 

• Norovirus Help

• Safety Without Restraints

• Links to Related Sites

• Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing Act 218 of 1979 BCAL PUB-39 

• Licensing Rules for Adult Foster Care Family Homes - OCAL PUB-332 

• Licensing Rules for Adult Foster Care Small Group Homes (12 or less) - OCAL PUB-333 

• Licensing Rules for Adult Foster Care Large Group Homes (13-20) - OCAL PUB-334 

• Licensing Rules for Adult Foster Care Congregate Facilities (21 or more) - BCAL PUB-335 

• Certification of Specialized Programs Offered in Adult Foster Care Home to Clients with Mental Illness on Developmental Disability - BCAL PUB-336 

• Licensing Rules for Homes for the Aged - OCAL PUB-337 

• Homes for the Aged Public Health Code (excerpt) Act 368 of 1978 - OCAL PUB-338 

• Resident Rights for AFC Family Homes

• Resident Rights for AFC Group Homes

• Technical Assistance for Home for the Aged Rules - section 213 

• Licensing Rules for Child Care Providers

• US Dept of Labor Federal Fair Labor Act Info.

• Downloading Resident Records/Forms
The forms marked with a (* ) are required and must be used unless prior written approval for a specific substitute form has been granted. All other forms on this page are intended to assist the licensee in demonstrating compliance with the record keeping requirements specified in the Adult Foster Care Licensing Rules.

• AFC/HFA Sample Corrective Action Plan - BCAL-0414 

• AFC Forms Request 

• AFC Sample Starter Packet 

• E-Score Sample Packet 

• Finding the Home's Evacuation Difficulty Score 

• Finding the Staff Shift Score 

• Finding the Total Resident Score 

• Worksheet for Rating Residents 

• Worksheet for Calculating Evacuation Difficulty Score 

• Adult Foster Care License Limited Liability Company Governmental Organization and Corporate Application - BCAL-569-C 

• Adult Foster Care License Individual Application - OCAL-569-I 

• AFC Licensing Record Clearance Request - BCAL-1326A 

• Certification of Specialized Programs Application - BCAL-1609 
Must currently be licensed to be certified

• Resident Funds Record Part 1(*) - OCAL-2318 

• Resident Funds Record Part II(*) - BCAL-2319 

• Assessment Plan for AFC Residents - OCAL-3265 

• Resident Care Agreement(*) - OCAL-3266 

• AFC Resident Medication Record - OCAL-3267 

• Resident Information and Identification Record - OCAL-3483 

• Resident Weight Record - OCAL-3485 

• Medical Clearance Request - BCAL-3704 

• Resident Health Care Appraisal(*) - OCAL-3947 

• AFC Incident/Accident Report(*) - BCAL-4607 

• Adult Foster Care & Homes for the Aged Licensing Publications