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Optional State Supplementation (OSS)
Verified · October 23, 2026
The Optional State Supplementation Program provides monthly cash payments to indigent elderly or disabled individuals who live in special non-institutional, residential living facilities, including assisted living facilities, adult family care homes and mental health residential treatment facilities. The program provides a monthly check that supplements the individual’s income so they can pay the facility a provider rate established by DCF.
- Organization
- Florida Department of Children and Families
- Who qualifies
- Indigent elderly or disabled individuals who live in special non-institutional, residential living facilities as described above. To qualify, an individual must need assistance with the activities of daily living due to physical and/or mental conditions.
- Cost
- Free
- Last verified
- October 23, 2026
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