Right to Placement
The Agency for Persons with Disabilities is required to ensure that all individuals requesting ICF/IID placement are authorized for admission within 90 days (Policy Directive #00-06). Individuals who meet ICF/IID eligibility criteria have the right to be placed in an ICF/IID while remaining on the state’s Home and Community-Based Services Waiver waitlist.
Florida’s ICF/IID Community Residential Program
ICF/IIDs provide health and rehabilitative services to individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in a protected residential setting. Services include ongoing evaluation, service planning, 24-hour supervision, coordination, and integration of health/rehabilitative services to help individuals with severe disabilities function at their greatest ability. ICF/IIDs feature “active treatment” which means consistent, specialized and generic training, treatment, and health services. Individuals served in ICF/IIDs tend to be the most severely disabled, including those on respirators and feeding tubes. ICF/IIDs are designed to provide the highest level of intervention and supports funded by the federal government for people with developmental disabilities.
Types of ICF/IIDs in Florida (87 total – 2,071 licensed beds)
· Six-Bed (38) - Six-bed homes operate similarly to group homes. They are located within residential neighborhoods and residents are involved in community activities.
· Clusters (27) - Cluster facilities feature three homes located in close proximity but operate as separate living units. Each home has four semi-private rooms. Clusters specialize in extensive medical care and rehabilitative services provide deep-end care to medically fragile people that will be much more costly in institutional settings.
· 64 Bed Campus (6) - The 64-bed model has four separate living units. Each unit has eight semi-private rooms. Residents participate in day activity programs and community activities.
· Other (16) - Other ICF/IIDs are variations of the models described above and have more than 12 residents per home. One site has 120 residents housed in multiple buildings/apartments.
Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities ICF/IDD information link: ’