group home

noun

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

Example Sentences

Soon after the course ended, she became eligible under state parole guidelines to apply for early release into a group home, where she’d still be considered an inmate under Colorado Department of Corrections custody.

From Popular-Science

Places like group homes can’t have visitors because of the virus.

From ProPublica

Thousands of Marylanders with intellectual disabilities who live in group homes, and those who care for them, learned Tuesday that they would soon be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, putting an end to weeks of lobbying and worry.

From Washington Post

The task force, made up of more than 40 agency heads, legislators, health care providers, group home operators and advocates, delivered its recommendations more than a year ago.

From ProPublica

The volunteers visited group homes, advocated for new programs and reviewed reports of possible abuse.

From ProPublica

In 2012, for example, Brian Claunch, a wheelchair-bound double amputee living in a group home in Houston, became unruly.

From The Daily Beast