foster care

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.

Example Sentences

This helped her understand that the toxic elements of her drive to impress stemmed from her childhood in foster care.

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The mounting pressure of work, remodeling, filming and parenting — while facing the gauntlet of the foster care system and the boys’ increasingly likely departure — was taking a toll, for sure.

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A native of Tijuana who came to Los Angeles as a child, King raised five children, including three girls he adopted from foster care, said his daughter, Angela King.

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The abuse in question involved three different foster care households in the north east of Scotland.

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Another is a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl living in foster care in Riverside.

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