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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This includes the Texas Family First pilot program, which received $23 million in state funding to continue the program aimed at preventing children from entering foster care through supports such as mental health and behavioral health services.
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Between these competing parties and Stephanie’s big Christmas blowout, Julia has an event that is both for opera and foster care.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
The overall need for foster care in Kansas has decreased by 26 percent since 2019, DCF said.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Growing up in the foster care system, Emily says that she and her sister were abused.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Some wound up in foster care because of their family member’s addiction.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
After 20 years apart, an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black family shattered by the foster care and prison systems reunites to heal old wounds and rebuild their family, starting with finding their unhoused mother in the streets of Sacramento.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Child Protective Services took the sisters, and they were then placed into foster care.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Child Protective Services placed the girls in foster care, and they were later adopted by a couple in Ventura County.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Between these competing parties and Stephanie’s big Christmas blowout, Julia has an event that is both for opera and foster care.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
The overall need for foster care in Kansas has decreased by 26 percent since 2019, DCF said.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Growing up in the foster care system, Emily says that she and her sister were abused.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Some wound up in foster care because of their family member’s addiction.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
After 20 years apart, an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black family shattered by the foster care and prison systems reunites to heal old wounds and rebuild their family, starting with finding their unhoused mother in the streets of Sacramento.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Child Protective Services took the sisters, and they were then placed into foster care.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Child Protective Services placed the girls in foster care, and they were later adopted by a couple in Ventura County.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Foster care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foster%20care. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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