Adult family care homes are residential style homes where services can be provided to how many non relatives?

• A. 5 or fewer
• B. More than 15
• C. 6-10
• D. 11-15

Answer: (A)

Adult family homes are designed to be small, home‑like settings, so licensing focuses on keeping the operation intimate and manageable. The limit is five or fewer residents who are not related to the person operating the home. This cap helps ensure each resident receives close supervision, personalized attention, and safer care, including medication management and daily support, because staff can realistically know and respond to everyone’s needs in a small setting. If a home housed more non-relatives, it would move into a larger-scale category with different staffing and regulatory requirements, which is why the five-or-fewer rule for non-relatives is the best fit for this type of home.