BECOMING A CARE PROVIDER

1. Attend the Community Care Licensing (CCL) orientation for the facility Type desired. There is a $50 fee and you must pre-register. Some are held On-Line. 

• Small Family Home (non-medical facility for children 0 – 17 with developmental disabilities)
•  Group Home (care and supervision of juveniles 0 – 17 placed outside their parents care)
• Residential Care for the Elderly (non medical facility for people 60 and over)
•  Adult Residential Care Facility (non medical facility for adults 18 – 59)
• Adult Day Care (non medical care Monday – Friday, during the day for adults with developmental disabilities)

Community Care Facilities (CCF’s) are generally non-medical facilities which provide care and supervision to individuals. CCF’s are licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) of the Department of Social Services.  

2. Find out the need in your catchment area. Attend Regional Center orientation. 

3. Consider your facility type, your Administrator experience and ambulatory status. Also consider residents with Restricted Health Conditions as defined in Title 22, Section 80092 – 80093. Find out if there are facilities located in your area already. 

4. Complete the Community Care Licensing application process. This is usually a 90-day process. The application fee is as much as $908 depending on facility type and capacity.

5. Complete the vendor application with the Regional Center. This is usually a 45-day process. 

6. Obtain and read Title 17. 

7. Once you are notified that you are an approved vendor (Level I), you may submit a written request for a higher service level classification. This is a 45-day process. 

8. New Vendor/Administrator interview. 

9. Recommended that the Administrator/Licensee and Direct Support Professional’s (DSP) complete the Residential Services Specialist training (RSST) offered through community Colleges and ROP. 

10. Successful completion of the application, program design and the above does not guarantee referrals or placements. There's much to see here. So, take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about DAHL BAE, LLC. We hope you enjoy our site and take a moment to drop us a line.

This is not an overnight process. It is 6-month to a year at best. Once you get your facility number assigned, there is more. 

• Within 1 – 2 weeks of submitting your application to Community Care Licensing’s, Centralized Application Unit in Sacramento, you will receive a letter saying your application has been “accepted” (on the surface everything looks good). This letter will assign you a 9-digit temporary facility number that will become your permanent number once all is complete. 
• Once you get your temporary facility number assigned, you will need to associate your prints with your new number. There is no fee for this. You will use LIC 9182 and mail it to your local CCL Office with a copy of your Driver’s License. 
• The fire inspection and verifying funds is within a month of submitting to CCL. CCL needs to make sure you are structurally and financially sound before they proceed. 
• You do not have to be turn-key ready for the Fire Marshal.  You must have your must have your corkboard with a few things posted, your fire extinguisher, self-releasing handles on all exits, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detector. There is then a lull; about three months. 
• Notice of Incomplete Application. If anything is missing, not signed or needs clarity, a letter will be sent. These modifications are done at no additional charge.
• Component II is scheduled. This is the Face-To-Face. It is done via Skype/phone with Sacramento. They are putting a face with a name and there are questions asked that are pass or fail. This happens about a month after all of the missing items are completed.  
• Notice of Incomplete Application. Another cursory check is done and if anything is still missing a letter will be mailed. The program design is then sent to your local CCL Office to schedule a pre-licensing visit. This happens 1 – 2 weeks after the Component II.
• Your local office will schedule a pre-licensing visit. I will provide you with a check list to prepare for this. If all is well, your local office will sign off and send it back to Sacramento/Centralized Application Unit. This is about two weeks after the Component II but is contingent on yours and the analyst schedule. 
• Your analyst then will have his/her manager sign off on the design. This is about one month after the Competent II. 
• Meanwhile you are scheduled for a Component III which is a group orientation; Welcome to Licensing!! 
• Once the supervisor signs off, a License is issued in 2 weeks - a month

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