Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been made a ward or a non-minor, typically aged 18–21, who volunteers for placement...

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community or treatment centre), or private home...

000 foster-care adoptions. While most adoptions involve minor children (under the age of 18), adult adoption is also possible. Adoptions in the United States...

foster care in the United States in obtaining and maintaining independent living skills. Youth aging out of foster care, or transitioning out of the formal...

care. In the United States out of the 400,000 children in the foster care system around 55,000 live in congregate care settings. In the United States...

children already in foster care. Major cities around the world witnessed a serious contraction in available foster housing because many foster parents and...

Healthcare in the United States is largely provided by private sector healthcare facilities, and paid for by a combination of public programs, private...

out of the foster care system. "Grandfamily" is a recently coined term in the United States that refers to families engaged in kinship care. In 2010, there...

000 children aged 0–21 in foster care in the US. The U.S. Department of Justice, the principal financial supporter of the National CASA/GAL Association...

were in foster care while their parents were detained or deported. The Obama administration initially rejected family detention and shuttered the Hutto...

In the United States, hospice care is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms...

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including children with special needs, may be cared for in a licensed foster care home. Foster care entails the young person or young people going to live...

exist to rescue, care for and re-home dogs and protect them from unnecessary euthanasia. Common examples include the RSPCA in the United Kingdom and other...

law that governs jurisdiction over the removal of American Indian children from their families in custody, foster care and adoption cases. It gives tribal...

one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Under the influence of Charles Loring Brace, foster care became a popular alternative from the mid-19th...

operating foundation focused on foster care and child welfare. Based in Seattle, Washington, Casey Family Programs works in 50 states, District of Columbia, and...

National Foster Care Month is observed in the United States during the month of May every year. It began with President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Since 1988...

IV-E of the Social Security Act authorizes the federal government to assist states with funding for foster care, adoption and guardianship assistance, and...

approved by the United States Congress earlier in the month. ASFA was enacted in a bipartisan manner to correct problems inherent within the foster care system...

nonprofit charity in the United States that is focused exclusively on foster care adoption. Through its Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program, the Foundation provides...

children in foster care have been adopted as part of National Adoption Day. Today, more than 400 cities across the United States participate in National...

The collective cases are often considered a part of the Satanic panic. A 1982 case in Kern County, California, United States, first publicized the issue...

The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public...

Home-based care, which includes foster care, is provided to children who are in need of care and protection. Children and young people are provided with...

communities in the United States come together to finalize thousands of adoption of children from foster care. More than 300 events are held each year on the Saturday...

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both within health care settings such as nursing homes, and among health care settings during care transitions. The states in the US have health departments...

In the United States there are approximately 50 million people who are caring at home for family members including elderly parents, and spouses and children...

by the Arkansas Supreme Court in which the court unanimously overturned a state policy banning gay adults and their housemates from being foster parents...