foster homes
- plural of foster home.
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Also, what will happen with these accounts as children move in and out of the foster-care system, perhaps going back to live with their parents, moving to other foster homes or being adopted?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Monroe grew up in foster homes and was discovered by an army photographer while working in an aircraft factory during World War Two.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926, Monroe had an unstable childhood spent between orphanages and foster homes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Since then, law firms have hunted aggressively for lucrative cases, flooding social media with ads and quietly tapping third parties to find former occupants of county-run juvenile halls and foster homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
Two and a half years in juvie didn’t sound generous to Sara, but it probably wasn’t much worse than her last few foster homes.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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