A Group Home Schedule Template That Covers 24 Hours
A weekly shift grid built for a staffed residential home: three shifts that tile 24 hours, weekday and weekend staffing, and the coverage check most templates leave out.
· 6 min read
Group home operations, written by people who ran them
Practical guides on coverage, scheduling, overtime and compliance for residential providers. No fluff, no product pitch until the end.
How to Track Overtime Hours (and the Four Things Spreadsheets Get Wrong)
Tracking overtime in a spreadsheet is fine until the workweek boundary, daily overtime rules, or a 7th consecutive day shows up. What to build and where it fails.
· 9 min read
Tracking Staff Certifications in a Spreadsheet: What Breaks and When
A certification tracking spreadsheet works until the day an expired CPR card reaches a shift. What to put in the sheet, the formulas that matter, and where the method fails.
· 8 min read
24-Hour Shift Coverage: Why 4 Employees Is Never Enough
The staffing math behind 24/7 coverage in a group home: why one position needs 4.2 employees, what 4 really costs you in overtime, and how PTO changes the number.
· 8 min read
Shift Coverage Policy for Group Homes: What to Put in Writing
What a shift coverage policy must say to actually work in a 24/7 residential setting: response times, who gets called first, mandation limits, and the clauses agencies forget.
· 8 min read
FLSA Sleep Time Rules for Group Homes: When You Must Pay for Sleeping Shifts
When sleep time is paid work under the FLSA, when it can be excluded, and the 5-hour interruption rule. A plain-English guide for residential providers running overnight shifts.
· 9 min read
How to Handle Staff Call-Outs Without the 2 AM Phone Tree
A practical call-out system for 24/7 residential care: what to log, who to contact first, and how to fill the shift without calling ten people at 2 AM.
· 7 min read