group home

noun

: a residence for persons requiring care or supervision

Examples of group home in a Sentence

a group home for young adults with disabilities
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Now, Vega works at a group home for people with schizophrenia, many of whom lost their SNAP food aid benefits when the ongoing shutdown froze funding from the US Department of Agriculture. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025 In addition to their work in MPS, the pair had been running a group home, called Caring for the Community, since 2012, serving young girls and pregnant teens. Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025 Myhre-Schnell, who’d been a regular visitor, did not return to the group home again. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025 Medicaid waivers support four ASC group homes. Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for group home

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of group home was in 1967

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“Group home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/group%20home. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

Medical Definition

group home

noun
: a residence for persons (as developmentally disabled individuals or foster children) requiring care, assistance, or supervision
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