Adult Residential Facilities or ARFs provide 24-hour a day, non-medical care and supervision for clients ages 18-59 or any person 60 years of age or older under specified requirements. These clients may have a mental, physical or developmental disability.
Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program or STRTPs are residential facility operated by a public agency or private organization that provides the following services: Integrated program of specialized and intensive care and supervision, services and supports, and treatment. Short-term 24-hour care and supervision to children and non-minor dependents.
Group Homes provide the most restrictive out-of-home placement option for children in foster care. They provided a placement option for children with significant emotional or behavioral problems who require more restrictive environments. The licensed group home is defined as a facility of any capacity which provides 24-hour nonmedical care and supervision to children in a structured environment, with such services provided at least in part by staff employed by the licensee. Group homes run the gamut from large institutional type environments which provide an intense therapeutic setting, often called "residential treatment centers," to small home environments which incorporate a "house parent" model. As a result, group home placements provide various levels of structure, supervision and services.
Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly or RCFEs are non–medical facilities that provide room, meals, housekeeping, supervision, storage and distribution of medication, and personal care assistance with basic activities like hygiene, dressing, eating, bathing and transferring. RCFEs serve persons 60 years of age and older.