About Florida Assisted Living Association (FALA)
The Florida Assisted Living Association is the oldest assisted living association in the state. We have been providing advocacy, education, and regulatory support for our members for more than 30 years.
Today, FALA is the largest state association representing more than 400 assisted living facilities and adult family care homes and nearly 300 associate members who provide products and services to assisted living.
FALA was founded when three regional associations, Suncoast Adult Care Association (St. Petersburg/Clearwater), Florida Residential Care Association (Orlando), The Adult Care Association of Florida (Broward County), and many independent facility owners statewide, decided to join forces to create one voice for Adult Congregate Living Facilities (ACLFs) in Florida. This dynamic group's focus was on legislative action, government relations and making changes that would enhance the ACLF industry. FALA lobbied successfully through subsequent years to increase funding for assisted living facilities, find new sources of funding (Medicaid Waiver), and to change the then unpopular name of ACLFs to the preferred name that we use today, Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs).
In 2004, FALA's membership voted to amend our bylaws to allow membership for Adult Family Care Homes (AFCHs).
In 2006, FALA made history again by passing landmark legislation that moved ALF regulations from Florida Statute 400 to a new Florida Statute Chapter 429.