foster care
noun
: a situation in which for a period of time a child lives with and is cared for by a foster parent
children placed in foster care
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Wednesday's Child has helped find homes for hundreds of waiting children and continues to raise awareness about adoption from foster care.
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CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Paris said a focus of the bill is addressing the reimbursement rates, the creation of two new funds and continuing up an existing fund to provide more support for foster care families.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet that is the reality faced by many young Americans in foster care.
—Scott Turner, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
Republican and Democratic members of the committee have introduced several bills to update the Chafee foster care program to improve outcomes for young people aging out of the foster care system.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
On Wednesday, April 15, Trump will attend a roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill with members of the House Ways and Means Committee to trumpet a package of bills intended to advance her foster care initiative.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Citrus Family Care Network, a mental-health and social-services provider in Miami-Dade, has 200 employees devoted to caring for 1,200 kids in its foster care and child welfare program, said Esther Jacobo, a former Florida Department of Children and Families secretary who is the program’s director.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
In Oregon, as of February two children had been placed in foster care after being separated from their parents in immigration detention cases, according to Jake Sunderland, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Human Services.
—CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Children who have been adopted or are in foster care have often suffered trauma.
—Dr. Andrew Garner, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
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CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Paris said a focus of the bill is addressing the reimbursement rates, the creation of two new funds and continuing up an existing fund to provide more support for foster care families.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet that is the reality faced by many young Americans in foster care.
—Scott Turner, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
Republican and Democratic members of the committee have introduced several bills to update the Chafee foster care program to improve outcomes for young people aging out of the foster care system.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
On Wednesday, April 15, Trump will attend a roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill with members of the House Ways and Means Committee to trumpet a package of bills intended to advance her foster care initiative.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Citrus Family Care Network, a mental-health and social-services provider in Miami-Dade, has 200 employees devoted to caring for 1,200 kids in its foster care and child welfare program, said Esther Jacobo, a former Florida Department of Children and Families secretary who is the program’s director.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
In Oregon, as of February two children had been placed in foster care after being separated from their parents in immigration detention cases, according to Jake Sunderland, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Human Services.
—CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Children who have been adopted or are in foster care have often suffered trauma.
—Dr. Andrew Garner, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Foster care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foster%20care. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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