Group homes offer a way to move people with disabilities into the community. Some stay decades while others see the homes as a transitional place to learn the skills to live independently.

As private equity firms buy up group homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, one state is taking steps to ensure that these owners don't compromise care.

Group homes and other social services rely on a workforce of immigrants and refugees. The ICE surge and spotlight on fraud is making it hard to fill jobs.

The Troubled Teen Industry is a vast network of under-regulated and/or unregulated therapeutic boarding schools, boys and girls homes, wilderness survival camps, rehabs and other programs designed …

The first generation of senior citizens living with IDD means added demand for group homes and other residential facilities as their families, who often care for them, also age.

Providers are facing shortages in both funding and staffing, leaving some with waiting lists for group homes.

The two-year pause, intended to ward off fraud, will leave programs in limbo and clients' needs unmet, providers say.

Instead of family-based homes, about 1,400 Arizona foster kids are living in group homes or other congregate care facilities. Most are teenagers, and many have complex needs, according to DCS.

Brooklyn Park police have read the comments on social media. They know people are wondering why there are suddenly a […]

Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers, according to a recent report […]

Community and tribal actions intensify following the murder of Emily Pike, a 14-year-old member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe.

Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the sch...

Emily Pike's remains were found in a remote area near Globe. Her case is still unsolved.