Prader-Willi group home placement in Clearwater, Florida
Prader-Willi syndrome is named in Section 393.063(11), Florida Statutes, so an adult with Prader-Willi can be found eligible by Florida's Agency for Persons with Disabilities and live in a licensed group home funded through the iBudget Medicaid Waiver — and Florida's rule states that this can happen without an accompanying diagnosis of intellectual disability. Group homes differ enormously in whether they can provide the food security a person with Prader-Willi needs, so ask that specifically. Skycrest Place is in Clearwater, Pinellas County: 727.254.1196.
Families searching for a Prader-Willi placement in Florida are usually searching for one thing — food security — and they are usually being told no. We would rather have the specific conversation than leave you guessing from a web page.
Three homes in Clearwater. Every resident has a private bedroom.
Luna Bay, our newest home, is reserving private rooms now.
What living here looks like
- Food security is the whole question, and it is a house-by-house answer. Locked kitchen and pantry, supervised meals and no unmonitored food access are real physical and staffing arrangements — not a policy you can write down.
- Routine and predictability, because both are protective here rather than merely pleasant.
- Help with medications from staff trained and validated to give them under APD's rules.
- Working with the people already involved — the person's doctors, dietitian and coordinator — rather than substituting our own plan for theirs.
- An honest answer. Call us and describe what your loved one actually needs. If we can do it we will say so, and if we cannot we will say that instead.
We take anyone APD finds eligible. Our homes hold a standard group home license — no Behavior Focused, Intensive Behavior or Special Medical designation. We support adults whose plans call for standard residential habilitation, and if a plan calls for one of those designations we will tell you so rather than take a placement we are not licensed for.
Adults only. Our homes are for adults — 18 or older. APD serves children as well, but a Skycrest Place home is an adult home.
Who pays for it?
For an adult APD has found eligible and enrolled on the iBudget Medicaid Waiver, the waiver pays the home for the support. Room and board is separate and comes from the person's own income — two different things with two different payers, which is the part nobody explains.
Does Medicaid pay for a group home in Florida?What Florida's rule says about Prader-Willi syndrome
One line in that rule matters more than the rest, and families are rarely told it: a person with Prader-Willi syndrome can be found eligible in Florida WITHOUT an accompanying diagnosis of intellectual disability. The syndrome stands on its own.
“Prader-Willi Syndrome means a genetic disorder which is most often associated with a random deletion of chromosome 15. Commonly associated characteristics include insatiable appetite, chronic overeating, hypotonia, short stature, obesity, and behavioral issues. Individuals diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome generally have intellectual disability; however, an individual with Prader-Willi syndrome can be determined as eligible for services without an accompanying diagnosis of intellectual disability.”
APD determines eligibility — a home cannot, and we never try to. We explain what the published rules say and link the state sources they come from. This is not legal advice and it cannot tell you how an individual case will be decided; a Waiver Support Coordinator is the person who helps a family work through it.
Read from the adopted rule text on September 20, 2026. All eight conditions Florida recognizes.
Our three homes, all in Clearwater
Luna Bay has private rooms available
104 N Orion Avenue, Clearwater, FL — Opening later in 2026 — now reserving private rooms
Questions families ask us
Are there Prader-Willi group homes in Florida?
Prader-Willi syndrome is one of the eight conditions named in Section 393.063(11), F.S., so an adult found eligible by APD and enrolled on the iBudget Medicaid Waiver can receive residential habilitation in a licensed group home. Homes vary enormously in whether they can provide the food security a person with Prader-Willi needs, so ask that question first and ask it specifically. Skycrest Place is in Clearwater, Pinellas County — call 727.254.1196 and describe what is needed.
Can someone with Prader-Willi syndrome qualify for APD without an intellectual disability diagnosis?
Yes. Rule 65G-4.014(6), F.A.C. states directly that individuals diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome generally have intellectual disability, however an individual with Prader-Willi syndrome can be determined as eligible for services without an accompanying diagnosis of intellectual disability. APD still makes the determination.
What should a family ask a group home about Prader-Willi?
Ask concretely and ask about the specific house: is the kitchen locked, is the pantry locked, is there any unmonitored access to food anywhere in the home, who is awake overnight, how are meals portioned and supervised, and how are visits and outings handled. A home that answers those in general terms rather than specifics is telling you something.
Other conditions APD serves
Come and see one
You will learn more in twenty minutes in a house than in a week of reading. Call 727.254.1196 or send a note and we will arrange a visit.