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In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, Anthony Robinson, 18, pets a dog named Yoda at the kennel where he helps train service dogs at the Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Robinson came to the facility four years earlier, bristling with anger at a time when his mother was unable to care for him. Over a two-year-stay, he blossomed into a successful athlete and student, but finally, at age 16, was pressured by the staff to move to a group home in New York City in order to develop more self-reliance. "… it's taught me that life is not always going to be like the campus, where everything was given to me," he says. Robinson has insisted on completing his high school education at the Dobbs Ferry facility, a two-hour commute each way from his group home. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, Anthony Robinson, 18, works with a dog named Dozer at the kennel where he helps train service dogs in a program at The Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. A shift of mission by the company, which was founded in 1851, reflects a growing consensus within the child-welfare field that institutional settings for foster children - while sometimes necessary - should be used sparingly. CEO Jeremy Kohomban says, "We need to use the residential system as a short-term emergency room, then get kids back to the community." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, Anthony Robinson, 18, pets a dog named Yoda at the kennel where he helps train service dogs at the Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Robinson came to the facility four years earlier, bristling with anger at a time when his mother was unable to care for him. Over a two-year-stay, he blossomed into a successful athlete and student, but finally, at age 16, was pressured by the staff to move to a group home in New York City in order to develop more self-reliance. "… it's taught me that life is not always going to be like the campus, where everything was given to me," he says. Robinson has insisted on completing his high school education at the Dobbs Ferry facility, a two-hour commute each way from his group home. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, Anthony Robinson, 18, works with a dog named Dozer at the kennel where he helps train service dogs in a program at The Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. A shift of mission by the company, which was founded in 1851, reflects a growing consensus within the child-welfare field that institutional settings for foster children - while sometimes necessary - should be used sparingly. CEO Jeremy Kohomban says, "We need to use the residential system as a short-term emergency room, then get kids back to the community." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
