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EXHIBIT 23--CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (Nos. 33-33499 and 33-60773) pertaining to the Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, 1987 Employee Stock Option Plan, 1989 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors, and 1986 Incentive Stock Plan of Children's Comprehensive Services,
Inc., and in the related Prospectuses of our report dated August 13, 1997, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Children's
Comprehensive Services, Inc. and subsidiaries included in the Annual Report 
(Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 1997.




                                                      Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
September 26, 1997


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