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Definition of Foster care
1. Noun. Supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home.
Definition of Foster care
1. Noun. A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foster Care
Literary usage of Foster care
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encouraging Adoption: Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S edited by E. Clay Shaw (1997)
"Among other things, what this means is that jurisdictions that make a concerted
effort to lower foster care utilization either by reducing admissions to ..."
2. Medicaid Managed Care Mmc: States Safeguards for Children With Special Needs by Walter Ochinko, Karen Doran (2000)
"The figure for foster care includes adoption assistance. ... The figure for foster
care includes adoption assistance and other children in foster care or ..."
3. Youth Violence: Developing Local and State Solutions Hearings Before the edited by Fred Thompson (1998)
"Those 600 children will either grow up in foster care or be adopted. In a
collaborative effort involving CASA, Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court, ..."
4. Improving the Well-Being of Abused and Neglected Children: Hearing Before edited by Mike Dewine (1996)
"For example, in 1995 only 5% of the children in foster care longer than 24 ...
Long-term foster care without adoption is not stable and not permanent. ..."
5. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"foster care supports eligible low-income children who must reside in foster ...
Currently, the federal share for the foster care and Adoption Assistance ..."
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