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Group care facilities may fall under one of four categories:</p><p><strong>Residential Child-Caring Agencies</strong></p><p>A residential child-caring agency is a <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.myflfamilies.com" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="Department of Children and Families - Will open in a new window">Department of Children and Families</a></span></span></strong> licensed residential facility or agency which provides staffed 24-hour care for children in residential facilities. In general the health department provides an environmental health inspection of the food service area to ensure basic food safety and sanitation standards are followed. For more information, see the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/group-care/residential-child-caring.html" style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" title="Residentail Child-Caring Agency">Residential Child-Caring Agency</a></span></strong></span> page.</p><strong>Public and Private Schools</strong><p>At schools, the health department ensures good sanitary health and safety practices are in place related to construction, operation and maintenance among the children, employees and visitors to the school facility. Our purpose is to prevent or minimize the risk of transmitting disease, injury or bodily harm. For more information, see the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/group-care/public-private-schools.html" style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" title="Public, Private and Charter Schools">Public, Private and Charter Schools</a></span></strong></span> page.</p><p><strong>Residential Group Care Facilities</strong></p><p>There are two state agencies that license residential group care facilities: the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://ahca.myflorida.com" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="Agency for Health Care Administration - Will open in a new window">Agency for Health Care Administration</a></span></strong></span> and the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.myflfamilies.com" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="Department of Children and Families - Will open in a new window">Department of Children and Families</a></span></strong></span>. In various residential facilities an environmental health inspection helps the facility ensure good sanitary health and safety practices are in place related to construction, operation and maintenance among the residents, employees and visitors to the facility. Our purpose is to prevent or minimize the risk of transmitting disease, injury or bodily harm.</p><p>You can get information on <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="https://www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/eh-tracking-and-reporting/group-care.html" style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" title="Group Care Facility Inspections">group care facility inspections</a></span></span></strong> at the Department of Health <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/eh-tracking-and-reporting/index.html" style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" title="Inspection Reports and Data">Inspection Reports and Data</a></span></strong></span> page.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p>For more information, see the <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a 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