GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — York’s Epworth Village has closed its satellite group home operation in Grand Island.

Epworth CEO Harrietta Reynolds said the Grand Island operation had become too expensive to run. The home was licensed to hold 10 boys ages 12 through 18 and had six in residence when it closed late last year.

The boys attended school at Epworth Village in York, and Reynolds says their daily transport had become impractical.

The home opened in 1999 across a street from Grand Island Senior High School, but Reynolds says most of the boys couldn’t attend Grand Island public schools because the boys presented behavioral issues.

The home had served boys who were wards of the state.