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noun
- 1. a child who has been placed in foster care: "she has cared for 13 foster children aged between three days and five years"
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Dec 12, 2020 · Fostering a Child Means: Mentoring the birth family and helping with the family reunification process. Taking a foster child trick-or-treating for the first time. Showing a foster child his first fireworks on a 4th of July.
Foster Care refers to the provision of planned temporary substitute parental care to a child by a foster parent. It is an important step towards the child’s return and reintegration to his/her biological parents or placement with an adoptive family.
A foster child is a child who was placed in the foster care system for various reasons including, but not limited to, removal from the custody of their parents by Child Protective Services. Placement into foster care can also occur because a parent is ill or has passed away.
a child raised by someone who is not their biological or adoptive parent. a needy child, such as one living in an impoverished country, supported or aided by contribution to a specific charity. foster child. noun. a child looked after temporarily or brought up by people other than its natural or adoptive parents. Discover More.
A foster child is a minor placed into a government or privately supported care system, away from their birth family, due to various circumstances that prevent the family from providing adequate care.
RA 10165 otherwise known as the Foster Care Act of 2012, is an act to strengthen and propagate foster care for abused, abandoned, neglected and other children with special needs, providing appropriations, therefore and for other purposes.
Foster Child Meaning: What Is a Foster Child? Foster children are placed with state-licensed adults that care for the child rather than a guardian or parent. Youth may enter the foster system for many reasons, but the most common include abuse, neglect, or being in an unsafe home environment.
