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Devereux Beneto Center was a Devereux behavioral-health program based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. A 2010 Devereux press release said the center had been established in 1995 and operated several locations in Chester and Delaware counties, including a behavioral health center, residential treatment facilities, approved private schools, and vocational programs (PR Newswire).

The same release described Devereux Beneto Center as serving children, teenagers, and young adults with emotional and psychological challenges, including conduct disorder, oppositional-defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In 2010, U.S. Representative Joe Sestak announced that $100,000 in federal appropriations funding had been obtained for a Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support system at the center (PR Newswire).

Later litigation concerning Devereux entities included the Malvern center among named defendants. A 2020 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas complaint named Devereux Beneto Center at 655 Sugartown Road in Malvern among numerous Devereux-related defendants; the complaint alleged sexual abuse of minor plaintiffs at Devereux facilities (civil complaint).