At my old church they had a desire to serve “at-risk” youth. Kids in homes with drug addicts, etc. They started a school held in the church, then in an expanded wing of the church as it grew.
They realized that so many of the kids needed to get out of their family environment (and some homeless) so they wanted to purchase some nearby houses to run as group homes for the kids.
They started with a girl’s house with 6 to 8 girls in the house and a set of house parents to watch over them (the kids are teens).
That worked out so well the plan was to purchase another nearby home for boys, and then over 10 years or whatever to buy more nearby homes. The neighborhood has small, older homes that are getting bought for the land, torn down, and huge mansions filling the lots.
Anyway - that 10 year plan got moved up when something like 8 homes all on the same 2 blocks got put up for sale in the same year. By some miracle the church was able to buy them all with some donations and loans. I think now they have two girls and two boys homes, and the remaining homes are rented out to pastors or workers at the church until they can get the resources to turn them into group homes.
The kids from the group homes are good kids that just need help and direction. It is pretty amazing to hear some of their stories as they get their lives turned around. One of the things they do is community outreach and help the neighbors with yard work, etc.
Now that is an amazing story. The Congregation must be very generous. This had to be a very expensive undertaking with a long-term commitment.
What you mention is how Boys Town does it with xx number of kids at a residence and house parents.