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Philly to remove 53 kids from Devereux’s live-in facilities after it finds lax supervision

After finding lax supervision, the city has decided to remove all 53 Philadelphia children from Devereux residential facilities.

Philadelphia Department of Human Services Commissioner Kimberly Ali (front left), then a deputy commissioner with DHS, and Cynthia Figueroa (front right), now the Deputy Mayor of the city's Office of Children and Families, speaks during a City Council hearing unrelated to Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health in February 2019.
Philadelphia Department of Human Services Commissioner Kimberly Ali (front left), then a deputy commissioner with DHS, and Cynthia Figueroa (front right), now the Deputy Mayor of the city's Office of Children and Families, speaks during a City Council hearing unrelated to Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health in February 2019.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer