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10. It's not in their "world" (that they are willing to admit to)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:22 AM

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I remember back in the late '60s, such a facility was opened near where I grew up called "Northwest Center". During the '80s, when many of the "institutions" had closed or were being phased out, they expanded exponentially in the Philly metro area. Now they have locations across the state and looking it up, they were apparently bought in 2018 and now go by the name "Merakey", a non-profit entity that provides developmental and mental health services for adults. I expect they even offer rehabilitative services for individuals to be able to operate in the workplace (the federal government has hired employees from places like that to do custodial and other services work).

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