foster families
Non-biological care homes
Foster families are households that provide temporary care for children who cannot live with their biological parents, typically due to abuse, neglect, or family crisis.
The arrangement is usually overseen by government child welfare agencies, with foster parents receiving training and financial support to care for children until they can return home or find permanent placement through adoption.
The child lived with three different foster families before being adopted.
- permanency planningChild welfare placement strategy
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- kinship careRelatives raising displaced children
- custodyProtective care or control
- trauma recoveryRegaining stability after damage
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- aid recipientsfood stamp users, Medicare recipients, social security recipients, scholarship holders, charity cases
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Families formed through legal guardianship
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Facilities housing parentless youth
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