foster home

[ faw-ster hohm, fos-ter ]

noun

1. a household in which a child is raised by someone other than their biological or adoptive parent.

Example Sentences

Fulton involves Philadelphia’s process for assigning children to foster homes.

From Vox

If they rule in favor of the City of Philadelphia and more faith-based agencies choose to shut down, they risk losing foster homes.

From Time

One faith-based group alone is responsible for providing half of all foster homes in Arkansas.

From Time

San Pasqual’s advocates and some county leaders argue, however, that the facility is both unique and crucial because it provides a refuge for kids who’ve been rejected from foster homes or otherwise have nowhere else to go.

From Voice of San Diego

The county was not able to retain a foster home for him and San Pasqual Academy was the only place to go, he said.

From Voice of San Diego

Scott was a 16-year-old foster-home runaway whom Liberace took under his wing.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, he will instead be moving into a new, loving foster home.

From The Daily Beast

She had run away from her foster home six days earlier and gladly accepted the ride.

From The Daily Beast

With the coming of night there was alarm in the Foster home.

From Project Gutenberg