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                                   EXHIBIT 99


COMPANY PRESS RELEASE

CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES ACQUIRES AMERIS HEALTH SYSTEMS

OPERATOR OF JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER PROGRAMS BRINGS 168 BEDS TO CCS AND 60 BEDS
UNDER DEVELOPMENT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sept. 10, 1998 -- William J. Ballard,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc.
("CCS") (Nasdaq/NM:KIDS - news), today announced the acquisition of Ameris
Health Systems, Inc. ("Ameris") for net consideration of approximately $12.5
million in cash. Ameris, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, American Clinical
Schools, Inc., operates residential juvenile sex offender programs in Tennessee
and Alabama with an aggregate capacity of 168 licensed beds. In addition, Ameris
has 60 beds under development in Pennsylvania, a state in which CCS has not
previously operated.

Mr. Ballard said, "The acquisition of Ameris represents an excellent opportunity
for CCS for several reasons. First, it represents a substantial expansion of
CCS's presence in the juvenile sex offender treatment business, not only through
the additional bed capacity we are gaining, but also through the outstanding
staff that will be joining CCS. At full capacity, including the Pennsylvania
facility, we expect the Ameris assets to generate annual revenues of
approximately $13 million to $14 million. We also expect its operations to be
accretive to the Company's fiscal 1999 financial results.

"In addition, with the opening of the Pennsylvania facility, we will be
established in a large new state for CCS, which, including the new residential
treatment program expected to open in Hawaii in the second quarter of fiscal
1999, will be the second new state we have entered thus far in fiscal 1999.
Furthermore, three of Ameris's four facilities are located in major cities -
Birmingham, Nashville and Philadelphia - in which it has become increasingly
difficult to site residential treatment facilities. The fourth facility, a
sixteen-bed group home, expands our base of operations in Clarksville,
Tennessee, where we already operate the Chad Youth Enhancement Center, acquired
in February 1998, as well as other facilities.

"We view this acquisition as representative of the ongoing opportunities we are
encountering to strengthen our broad spectrum of services, add new customers and
enter new geographic territories through acquisition. Because of the company's
excellent financial flexibility, with substantial free cash flow and a modest
ratio of debt to total capitalization, we remain well positioned to act on
appropriate additional acquisition opportunities."

To take advantage of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, you are hereby cautioned that this release
contains forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual operations and results may
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements made by
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Company. Please refer to CCS's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for additional information. The Company disclaims any intent or
obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Children's Comprehensive Services provides primarily education and treatment
services for at-risk youth either directly or through management contracts. It
currently offers these services through the operation and management of
nonresidential specialized education programs and day treatment programs and
both open and secured residential treatment centers in Alabama, Arkansas,
California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Tennessee, Texas
and Utah.