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Damning report on group homes finds Mansfield and Pollock among worst

Gibbs Street Community Home in Mansfield, La., is located next to an abandoned building.
Advocacy Center report
Gibbs Street Community Home in Mansfield, La., is located next to an abandoned building.

An agency that advocates for people with disabilities in Louisiana has requested a face-to-face meeting with Department of Health and Hospitals to discuss alleged instances of neglect at 16 group homes across the state. The New Orleans-based Advocacy Center released a reportlast month that documented unsafe and unsanitary conditions at homes for developmentally disabled people.