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The majority of the children return to their homes or are sent to a foster home or other setting closer to their families in less than a year, said David Rivel, the chief executive of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, which operates Hawthorne.

“Kids are not running away from the campus, they are running away from the trauma and abuse they have experienced, which we are encouraging them to face,” Mr. Rivel said.

Mr. Rivel said the numbers at Hawthorne had been skewed by the “overreporting” of cases in which children had gone missing for just a few hours, but he did not dispute that the numbers reflected a crisis and that elected officials needed to help.

In a survey this year of more than 350 of mutual-fund managers, Rivel Research Group, which polls investors for companies, found that half had been contacted by an activist in the past year, and 45% of those contacted decided to support the activist.

“We can bring wine to our dinners. That is good,” said Ingrid Rivel, who lives at Normandy Farms with her husband.