state care
Public child guardianship
State care refers to the supervision, housing, or custody of individuals—typically children—by government agencies rather than family members.
A child enters state care when removed from their home due to abuse, neglect, or parental inability to provide adequate care.
The term covers foster care, group homes, and institutional settings: She spent her teenage years in state care.
Adults may also be in state care when institutionalized for mental health or other reasons.
- fosterEncourage development of
- foster familyTemporary child-raising arrangement
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- orphanageInstitution housing parentless children
- group homeSupervised shared residence
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- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, child services, foster home, protective services
- youth welfareyouth welfare, youth services, youth protection, child welfare, child protection
- residential facilitiesnursing home, assisted living, group home, foster home, retirement home
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