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foster care
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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"
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Byline: By Jane Tyler A MIDLAND rescue centre is appealing for foster homes for its dogs as the recession has brought a rush of abandoned pets.
Appeal to give a dog a good home; RECESSION: Abandoned pet numbers ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
Postwar social workers challenged their past practice of removing children from seemingly unfit homes and claimed that foster homes could not provide a substitute family life for children, given the deep emotional ties between natural parents and their children.
Longing to "belong": foster children in Mid-Century Philadelphia ... by Curran, Laura / Journal of Social History
Historically, residential education is rarely considered a placement option because child welfare professionals and educators lack sufficient information and understanding about these settings, in addition, professionals working at RE programs with excellent reputations are exasperated by the current child welfare policy which they say favors placing children in foster care, even when they have already been placed in numerous foster homes.
Overview of residential education in the United States by Policy & Practice
 
 
 
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