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institutional care facility
Used for:
foster care facility
Used for:
foster home
Used for:
homeless shelter
Used for:
orphanage
See for:
adult day care center
See for:
adult foster care
Broader Terms:
social service
Related Terms:
homeless
Scope Note:
facility which fosters the care of individuals who are in need of housing and daily care, such as orphans, foundlings, abandoned children, and homeless; also for adult day care facilities; not for the care of ill or those of in need of rehabilitation for this concept see HEALTH CARE FACILITY or its narrower terms.
Term Number:
1385-3264
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