group home

American  

noun

1. a substitute home, usually located in a residential neighborhood, providing foster care for orphans, delinquents, disabled persons, or others with special needs.

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Example Sentences

In “Brawler,” the brilliant author’s protagonists and locations are more various, and often coping with harrowing transitions, like Joanie in “To Sunland,” who chooses to move into a group home, or Chip in “What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?,” a product of his upbringing with no role in a new era.

From Los Angeles Times

But then I get into my zone, like I’m all alone at the group home.

From Literature

“How will I get there from the group home?”

From Literature

“You wouldn’t be living at the group home. I’m sorry I couldn’t say yes the night you left. But I don’t make decisions that important on the fly. I needed to think about it, and I didn’t want to get your hopes up because I wasn’t sure what I’d decide.”

From Literature

“Am I going back to the group home now?”

From Literature