FOSTERCARE

Foster care

Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been placed into a ward, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent". The placement of the child is usually arranged through the government or a social-service agency. The institution, group home or foster parent is compensated for expenses.

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foster care

Noun

  1. A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted


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