foster care

American  

noun

1. the raising or supervision of foster children, as orphans or delinquents, in an institution, group home, or private home, usually arranged through a government or social-service agency that provides remuneration for expenses.

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Example Sentences

If he and his wife, a fellow pastor at the church, didn’t take the girls in, they would have to go into foster care.

From Salon

From speaking to his sister after he died, she learned Harker had four siblings, several of whom also grew up in foster care.

From Los Angeles Times

As the woman never returned the dog was placed in foster care.

From BBC

Additionally, studio apartments will be available to provide temporary housing for the kids’ birth parents and transitional housing for teens aging out of foster care.

From MarketWatch

“If we go to foster care, I’ll only see Boo one week a year?”

From Literature