foster home
Americannoun
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foster homes
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The state placed her in an “affirming” foster home, where she shares a bedroom with a teenage boy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The stigma stayed with PJ his whole life, even after finding a loving foster home and, in later years, tracking down his birth mother, who was separated from him when he was a one-year-old.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
She rested in an incubator in the shelter’s ICU until staffers found a foster home where she could recover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
Within hours, Sindle seemed to have a mental breakdown, according to accounts relayed in police reports: On the night of Aug. 11, she was wandering around the foster home talking about “guts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
Her new foster home was not so far away, and the family was nice enough to help her keep in touch.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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