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Classification of Congregate Living Facilities
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Group Housing
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Group Care Facilities
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Residential Care
Facility (RCF)
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Intensive Care Facility (ICF)
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Transient Care Facility (TCF)
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| Characteristics/Classification Criteria:
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• Residents live independently without the need for supervision or assistance to participate
in normal activities or meet the demands of daily living.
• Unrelated individuals share common areas like lounges, living areas, kitchens, and
bathrooms.
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• 24-hour care and supervision is provided to no more than 14 residents, often by
live-in caregivers.
• A maximum of 2 on-site supervisors/caregivers shall be at the facility at any given
time.
• Caregivers are not typically required to be licensed nurses.
• Residents need assistance to participate in normal activities and meet the demands
of daily living, but are not in need of 24-hour nursing supervision.
• Residents and their caretakers are the functional equivalent of a family.
• Care and services are provided in a residential setting.
• Caregivers are not in treatment or in need of care themselves.
• Occupancy is arranged for periods of 30 days or more.
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• 24-hour nursing care or intensive supervision, often by a 24-hour awake staff of
professionals, assistants, and volunteers.
• Licensed nurses, doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists or other licensed professionals
are required by the State due to the level of care the residents need.
• Care may include rehabilitation services, counseling services, case work, and medical/nursing
care.
• May be provided within an institutional or secure environment.
• May also provide respite care or an outpatient component.
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• Supervisory staff is on-site at all times a facility is open.
• Room and board, or just room, provided on an emergency or temporary basis.
• Clients on average stay for less than 6 months.
• Clients are in need of immediate and temporary shelter because they have been abused,
neglected, abandoned, exploited, or are otherwise homeless and without shelter or
necessary basic care.
• Facilities may be 24-hour or may be made available during certain hours.
• Instruction and supervision to assist clients to transition into permanent living
situations may be provided.
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| Includes:
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College dormitories, boarding houses, hostels, and group homes where direct care or
supervision is not provided.
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Adult family care homes, community residential homes, and assisted living facilities
with 14 or fewer residents.
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Nursing homes, assisted living facilities with more than 14 residents, intermediate
care facilities, hospices, treatment and recovery facilities.
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Emergency shelters, homeless shelters, half-way houses, transitional housing
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Level of Intensity:
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| Single Family
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See definition of family, up to 5 unrelated roommates may be considered a family.
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If exempted by State or Federal laws, facilities with 6 or fewer residents may be
considered single family uses.
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If exempted by State or Federal laws, facilities with fewer than 6 residents may be
considered single family uses.
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Emergency shelter homes for children, when very short-term care is provided for not
more than 2 children
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| Type A
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2—12 occupants, owner-occupied, rooms are rented for one week or more, contains kitchen
facilities.
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1—6 residents
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1—6 residents
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1—6 beds
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| Type B
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2—52 occupants that doesn't meet criteria for Type A
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7—14 residents
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7—14 residents
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7—14 beds
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| Type C
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More than 52 occupants
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N/A
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15+ residents
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15+ beds
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