Group Home
The Group Home Policies and Procedures Manual is a state customized guide for group home operations. You’ll put it to use developing, creating, and distributing your group home policies for staff and residents.
- Licensing Standards
- Program Operations
- Staffing and Employment
- Health and Safety
- Emergency Preparedness
- Transportation
- Record Keeping and Data Management
- Physical Environment
- Medication Management
- Resident Rules
- Resident Rights and Responsibilities
- Incident Reporting
- Fiscal Management
- Quality Improvements
- . . and much more.
This manual is written to be survey ready and provided in an e-book format and hard copy binder.

State-specific Group Home Policies And Procedures Manual
Plan a smooth approval process by using our State-Specific Group Home Policies and Procedures Manual. We customize each Manual using up-to-date state regulations. A team with 18 years of experience creating policies for group homes in all 50 states will compile and build your manual. Our 5-step review process means multiple policy writers with proven track records will be working to ensure accuracy and completeness in all areas.
The State-Specific Group Home Manual comes with:
- Policies and Procedures to meet your state group home regulations.
- Forms and Templates.
- Resident Handbook to meet state regulations.
- Employee Handbook for a group home to include state and federal labor laws.
This Manual is available in e-book format (Microsoft Word) or hard copy with an e-book.
Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.

Group Home Employee Handbook
Labor laws require that all businesses have written employee policies and enforce policies uniformly with all employees. This Group Home Employee Handbook serves that purpose. Developed by HR and management professionals, this Group Home Employee Handbook incorporates federal employment laws and applicable state employment laws for group home businesses. It also addresses specific requirements for group home businesses. In a few easy steps, you can print and distribute the handbook or save it as a PDF, which can be distributed via email or posted on the web for your employees to access.

View Table of Contents
- Employee Policy & Procedure
- EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM
- Introduction
- Mission & Vision Statements
- Guiding Principles
Section I
- Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
- Americans with Disabilities Act Policy
- Whistleblower Policy
- General
- Reporting Responsibility
- No Retaliation
- Reporting Concerns
- Directors and Other Volunteers
- Handling of Reported Violations
- Acting in Good Faith
- Confidentiality
- Sexual Harassment
- Employee Confidentiality
- Fundamental Rights of Individuals Served
- Recruitment and Selection
- Initial Period of Employment Effective
- Personnel Records
- Employee Training
Section II
- Absenteeism
- Sufficient Notice
- Tardiness
- Annual Leave
- Sick Leave
- Holiday Leave
- Compassionate Leave
- Military Leave
- Jury Duty
- Family & Medical Leave Act
- Inclement Weather
Section III
- Performance Evaluations
- Payment of Salary
- Insurance Coverage
- Retirement Plan
- Workers’ Compensation
Section IV
- Progressive Discipline Policy
- Open Door Policy
- Grievance Policy
- Substance Abuse
- Employee Safety
- Visitor Policy
- Household & Residential Funds
- Driving Policy
- Telephone Policy
- No Tobacco Policy
- Social Media
- Definition of Social Media
- Know and follow the rules
- Be respectful
- Be honest and accurate
- Post only appropriate and respectful content
- Using social media at work