foster care

noun

1. the raising or supervision of foster children, as orphans or delinquents, in an institution, group home, or private home, usually arranged through a government or social-service agency that provides remuneration for expenses.

Example Sentences

At one table, they might hear about children who enter foster care with their belongings stuffed into garbage bags.

From Washington Post

Algorithms now decide which children enter foster care, which patients receive medical care, which families get access to stable housing.

From MIT Technology Review

Studies have shown foster care youth are at higher risk for homelessness, the prison pipeline and sex trafficking.

From Essence.com

District authorities have removed the surviving children, ages 3 and 11, and placed them in foster care.

From Washington Post

LGBT kids are an outsize number of people in the foster care population, and it’ll undermine the ability of the program to operate.

From Washington Blade

During August and September, UNICEF had helped 700 children find a parent or extended family or placed a child in foster care.

From The Daily Beast

Surely it would be preferable to place Issy in foster care than attempt to kill her.

From The Daily Beast

If the issue that brought a child into foster care is homelessness, child welfare systems must find parents housing.

From The Daily Beast

Q.A.H. was placed back in foster care, this time with a new couple.

From The Daily Beast

His only child, J, who is now 3, was removed from the hospital immediately after she was born and placed in foster care.

From The Daily Beast