Become a Member
Adult Family Home Council Membership
As a member of the Adult Family Home Council you’ll receive active support, education, marketing benefits and powerful advocacy which helps improve opportunities for providers, caregivers and residents.
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Benefits of Membership
Education
- More than 200 opportunities for all staff to gain Continuing Education credits (CEUs) each year
- Access to online training platform
- Webinars addressing FAQs and common barriers
- Direct support from Education & Support Specialists
- Online resource library
- Exclusive annual conferences
Support
- Assistance with citation appeals and hearings
- WAC/RCW clarification and Medicaid questions
- Assistance with TB testing requirements
- Reviewing paperwork for admitting or discharging a resident
- 11 regional chapters with regular meetings
- Access to affiliate business partner contacts
Advocacy
- Increasing Medicaid rates
- Halting fee increases
- Policy improvements
- Direct communication with regulatory officials and state legislature
- Increasing business opportunities
- Adult Family Home Training Network
- State spending increases
Marketing
- A personalized online listing for your home on our public Find a Home page
- Increased public awareness of the adult family home option
- Strategies and techniques to market your home
- Opportunities to feature your home in public outreach efforts
Tools to Promote your Business
Bring the right residents to your home with the Council’s public AFH finder — a powerful marketing tool for providers to showcase the quality care services they provide. Every member home has access to a free customizable listing that can be found on our website by any member of the public. Every home even has its own unique link that can be shared with friends, family, and prospective residents as a promotional page.
Visitors to our website can search by county or city to find an AFH near them or their loved ones. Each personalized page lists the services, contact information, touring hours and more to ensure that potential residents can easily find the right home for their needs.
This tool is directly linked to the information in AIDA‘s database, which ensures providers only have to update their home’s information in one location. And it’s all included in the cost of membership!
If you are not yet a licensed adult family home operator and would like to become a member, check out our pre licensed membership opportunity
Member Testimonials
“The Council helped me navigate a very complex CHOW, avoid citations, and protect my home in a way that saved us very steep legal fees and fines; furthermore, their advice was extremely useful in settling a lawsuit that allowed us to recover the losses we suffered during this process. If you are not a member, you are choosing the expensive route to solve the problems you and your home will eventually encounter.”
Adriana GawlikA Beautiful Sunset, LLC | Vancouver
“I encourage everyone to become a member of the Council because they give us someone to talk to. They know the time constraints of being a provider and give us very short and concise trainings. I get all the trainings I need and I learn a lot. I feel refreshed every time I go to a conference or a meeting, because I know I'm not alone. My morale goes up.”
Almaz GebressalasieHope Adult Family Home | Edmonds
“I'm happy to be part of this great organization. I'm very blessed to have direct AFH counseling that helps me as a provider and my clients. I've gotten support with social work, connecting with DSHS, and even help managing my clients' family members in so many ways. The AFH Council even came to my home to help. I cannot navigate managing my home without them.”
Kidist AyeleK&K Miracle AFH | Lynnwood
“If I have a question and the topic is grey and I need clarity, I call the Council. I once called about a document I needed about a resident's right to have a locked door... I could have created it myself, but that documentation was already available in the Council's document library. If you want to have the correct information on hand, get in touch with the Council.”
Von Allen CampBay Bridgo Care Home | Tacoma
If I have any questions, the Council is there for me. You call them and they know you. I don't know how they remember my name with so many providers out there. They ve helped me follow-up on resident non-payments, assisted me with ETs, and led to the success of my business. They've also helped me contact case managers and their supervisors. They're always friendly, very professional, and very polite. And they're always willing to share information. What else can I say? They're exceptional.
PriscahPuyallup
Are you working to become a
licensed adult family home?
The Council is here to partner with you along the way. We’d love to assist you with:
- Development of required policies
- Review of your application before submittal
- Required disclosure forms
- Referrals to appropriate services