Noun1.foster care- supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home guardianship,tutelage,care,charge- attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" ...
Foster care is a system of caregiving for children who cannot safely live with their biological parents. It's intended to be temporary, although under certain circumstances, some children can remain indefinitely. While there are many reasons children might require temporary caregivers, significant drive...
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for adoption a few times but it didn't work out.When they aged out of the foster care system, they realized how lucky they were to have had such loving foster families."Six-year-old Sherry and Cherry didn't see this. The ones who were left on the steps and even the ones who were...
EDITORIAL: Parents should not pay for foster careStaff Editorial
Over the last twelve years we have adopted twice from foster care. Our oldest son, Micah, we adopted when he was twelve. Then two years ago we adopted a sibling group of three kiddos. The two groups of kids who struggle the most to find families are older kids and sibling groups. Thos...
“Both quantitative and qualitative evidence indicate that peer support lowers the overall cost of mental health services by reducing re-hospitalization rates and days spent in inpatient services, increasing the use of outpatient services. Peer support improves quality of life, increases and improves eng...
Foster and care providers make a huge difference in the lives of children and youth. Our BC NDP government is raising caregiver support rates by up to 47% so there's more help with costs like food, clothing, and transportation.pic.twitter.com/kzOeqpJaVH ...
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Controlled evaluations have provided support for the clinical effectiveness of TFCO over the past several decades. Previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of TFCO versus group care-as-usual in terms of decreases in DBD-related outcomes such as arrest rates, number days in detention centers, ...