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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Most of those, 1,200, either were reunited with family in the U.S., or placed in foster care.
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Jazzmin Jiwa, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
At the heart of the movement is a proposal for the Dignity Act, a federal law that seeks to ban the use of trash bags as luggage for children in foster care.
—Lauren Carpenter, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
America would be responsible for creating an entire generation of immigrants in foster care.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Forty-four children were back in foster care after previously being adopted.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
During the police investigation Martinez, who was in the country illegally as an unaccompanied minor, was placed in foster care with Child Protective Services.
—Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
But not every child in foster care has a CASA advocate, because there simply not enough volunteers to work with every child in foster care.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025
Her mother didn't get sober until Werts was an adult, well after her tumultuous childhood and teen years spent in foster care.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
He was placed into the foster care system at birth and was adopted by an elderly person, whose house was not one of love.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
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Jazzmin Jiwa, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
At the heart of the movement is a proposal for the Dignity Act, a federal law that seeks to ban the use of trash bags as luggage for children in foster care.
—Lauren Carpenter, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
America would be responsible for creating an entire generation of immigrants in foster care.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Forty-four children were back in foster care after previously being adopted.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
During the police investigation Martinez, who was in the country illegally as an unaccompanied minor, was placed in foster care with Child Protective Services.
—Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
But not every child in foster care has a CASA advocate, because there simply not enough volunteers to work with every child in foster care.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025
Her mother didn't get sober until Werts was an adult, well after her tumultuous childhood and teen years spent in foster care.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
He was placed into the foster care system at birth and was adopted by an elderly person, whose house was not one of love.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Foster care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foster%20care. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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