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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In a single day in 2023, almost 1-in-10 foster kids nationwide were living in group homes or institutions, about half the rate in 2003. Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025 The deal also includes a state investment of $164 million over the next three fiscal years combined in nursing facilities and $149 million over the next two in group homes, Baril said. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025 Weeks before the case was set for trial in October 1989, Creed’s therapist warned her mother, Rita Aye, that testifying might break her daughter, who had moved to a group home for children suffering severe psychological distress. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025 Among the latest: Emily Pike, a San Carlos Apache teen who went missing from a group home in January. Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for group home

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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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 1 Jul. 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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