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Group homes provide an alternative to traditional foster care, hospitalization, or even incarceration:

• Unrelated children or adults live in a home-like setting with either a set of house parents or a rotating staff of trained caregivers.

• Residents of group homes usually have either a chronic mental disorder or physical disability that prevents them from living independently.

• They need continual assistance in order to complete daily tasks, such as taking medication or bathing.

• Some residents may also have behavioral problems that require supervision because they may be dangerous to themselves or others.

• A group home can also refer to family homes in which children and youth of the foster care system are placed until foster families are found for them.

We help start a variety of group home businesses.  The following describes the many types of group home businesses operating in the United States: