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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foster care

Tye was put into foster care, but Jean was able to see her often.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the late 1990s, he and his wife, Virginia, took in his grandnephew, who was in danger of entering the foster care system, and raised him as their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

It also found that moving and sheltering the most vulnerable — children in foster care, incarcerated youth and adults, people with disabilities — “lacked a countywide coordination model.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Hayden-Johnson, from Torbay, Devon, was jailed and Matthew went into foster care and started a new life in Sheffield.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The next day they sought me out on the playground and brought others to hear about my life in foster care.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter