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residential care

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United States Code

22 U.S.C. § 2152k — in this section

The term "residential care" means care provided in any non-family-based group setting, including orphanages, transit or interim care centers, children's homes, children's villages or cottage complexes, group homes, and boarding schools used primarily for care purposes as an alternative to a children's home.