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community home

British  

noun

  1. a home provided by a local authority for children who cannot remain with parents or relatives, or be placed with foster parents

  2. Former name: approved school.   community home with education on the premises.   CHE.  a boarding school for young offenders

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The death was announced by the Oblate Madonna Residence, a senior community home affiliated with Rev. Kabat’s religious congregation, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

The family befriended Benny Medina, now a well-known talent manager, who was living at St. Elmo Village, a Los Angeles community home center, and invited him to live with them in Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

Nearly four weeks after the collapse claimed the lives of 97 people, the immensity of the loss has settled into Surfside, Fla., a beachfront community home to a mix of retirees and young professionals.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

Instead, he visited a church in Doral, a suburban community home to one of the city's fastest-growing immigrant groups.

From Fox News • Feb. 26, 2019

Let them call the Peacekeepers and take us to the community home, I thought.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins