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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The process to adopt a child from foster care includes training, interviews, and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you.
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Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Another misconception is that teenagers in foster care don’t want families.
—Laura Rivera, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
The influencer and her husband, Tomas, share one biological child and three adopted from foster care, and their youngest two kids have Down syndrome.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The duration of foster care varies based on each cat’s medical or behavioral needs.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
At the film’s outset, Inez kidnaps her young son Terry from foster care shortly after her release from prison, and A Thousand and One chronicles her attempt to parent despite the scourges of abuse, police brutality and systemic racism.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Evan had been in foster care and intermittently homeless for most of his 21-year-old life.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
The annual event raises funds to support children living in foster care in San Diego County and the life-changing advocacy of Voices for Children’s Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
In Florida, there are more than 22,000 children in foster care.
—Caitlin Granfield, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
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Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Another misconception is that teenagers in foster care don’t want families.
—Laura Rivera, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
The influencer and her husband, Tomas, share one biological child and three adopted from foster care, and their youngest two kids have Down syndrome.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The duration of foster care varies based on each cat’s medical or behavioral needs.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
At the film’s outset, Inez kidnaps her young son Terry from foster care shortly after her release from prison, and A Thousand and One chronicles her attempt to parent despite the scourges of abuse, police brutality and systemic racism.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Evan had been in foster care and intermittently homeless for most of his 21-year-old life.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
The annual event raises funds to support children living in foster care in San Diego County and the life-changing advocacy of Voices for Children’s Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
In Florida, there are more than 22,000 children in foster care.
—Caitlin Granfield, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Foster care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foster%20care. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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