DSPsystem — Group Home Operations https://dspsystem.com/blog/ Practical guidance on scheduling, coverage, overtime and compliance for group homes and residential IDD providers. en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:52:34 GMT A Group Home Schedule Template That Covers 24 Hours https://dspsystem.com/blog/group-home-schedule-template/ https://dspsystem.com/blog/group-home-schedule-template/ 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. Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT How to Track Overtime Hours (and the Four Things Spreadsheets Get Wrong) https://dspsystem.com/blog/tracking-overtime-hours-spreadsheet/ https://dspsystem.com/blog/tracking-overtime-hours-spreadsheet/ 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. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT Tracking Staff Certifications in a Spreadsheet: What Breaks and When https://dspsystem.com/blog/employee-certification-tracking-spreadsheet/ https://dspsystem.com/blog/employee-certification-tracking-spreadsheet/ 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. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT 24-Hour Shift Coverage: Why 4 Employees Is Never Enough https://dspsystem.com/blog/24-hour-shift-coverage-staffing-math/ https://dspsystem.com/blog/24-hour-shift-coverage-staffing-math/ 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. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT Shift Coverage Policy for Group Homes: What to Put in Writing https://dspsystem.com/blog/shift-coverage-policy-group-homes/ https://dspsystem.com/blog/shift-coverage-policy-group-homes/ 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. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT FLSA Sleep Time Rules for Group Homes: When You Must Pay for Sleeping Shifts https://dspsystem.com/blog/flsa-sleep-time-rules-group-homes/ https://dspsystem.com/blog/flsa-sleep-time-rules-group-homes/ 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. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT How to Handle Staff Call-Outs Without the 2 AM Phone Tree https://dspsystem.com/blog/how-to-handle-staff-call-outs-group-homes/ https://dspsystem.com/blog/how-to-handle-staff-call-outs-group-homes/ 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. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT