Foster care means substitute care furnished on a 24-hour a day basis to an eligible child, in a licensed foster care facility or approved shelter care facility, by a person or agency other than the child’s parent or guardian, but does not include care provided in a family home through an informal arrangement for a period of less than 30 days. Child foster care shall include but is not limited to the provision of food, lodging, training, education, supervision, and health care.

Foster care means 24-hour care for children in substitution for, and away from, their parents or guardian. Such placement is made by or with the agreement of the state as a result of a voluntary agreement between the parent or guardian that the child be re- moved from the home, or pursuant to a judicial determination of the necessity for foster care, and involves an agreement between the state and the foster family that the foster family will take care of the child. Although foster care may be with relatives of the child, state action is involved in the removal of the child from parental custody. 29 C.F.R. 825.122(g)

Foster care means temporary physical care in a foster family

Examples of Foster care in a sentence

Foster care, adult foster care and any type of family child care provided or arranged by the local state or county.
Foster care parents, social workers or other legal guardians will be allowed to immediately enroll children in foster care in the school district without having the necessary paperwork (birth certificates, shot records, academic records, special education records, etc.) This is to help aid the student with a smooth transition into the district.
Foster care services means those social services provided to an eligible Indian child that is removed from his or her home due to neglect, abandonment, abuse or other maltreatment and placed in a foster home.
Foster care children cannot be required to be considered as household members and must be treated as "boarders"; however, the household, by request, has the option of having the foster care children treated as household members under the boarder policy.
Foster care children will be assigned/re-assigned to the same plan to which the child was most recently assigned in the last 12 months, if applicable.

More Definitions of Foster care

Foster care means 24-hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the state or tribal child welfare agency has placement and care responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and pre-adoptive homes. A child is in foster care regardless of whether the foster care facility is licensed and payments are made by the state, tribal or local agency for the care of the child, whether adoption subsidy payments are being made prior to the finalization of an adoption, or whether there is federal matching of any payments that are made.

Foster care means care provided to a juvenile in a foster family home, foster family group home, or child caring institution licensed or approved under 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128, or care provided to a juvenile in a relative's home under a court order.

Foster care means a child is placed away from their parent or guardian in a certified child foster home.

Foster care or "foster care services" means continuous twenty-four-hour care and supportive services provided for a child in foster placement including, but not limited to, the care, supervision, guidance, and rearing of a foster child by the foster parent;

Foster care means the 24-hour out-of-home care provided to children whose own families are unable or unwilling to care for them, and who are in need of temporary or long-term substitute parenting.

Foster care means temporary physical care in a foster family home or group care facility as defined in RCW 74.15.020 and licensed by the department, or other legally authorized care;

Foster care means placement of a child by the department or a licensed child placing agency in a home or facility licensed pursuant to chapter 74.15 RCW, or in a home or facility that is not required to be licensed pursuant to chapter 74.15 RCW. Under the federal definition, "foster care" means 24-hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the department has placement and care responsibility. This includes but is not limited to, placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and pre-adoptive homes. A child is in foster care in accordance with the federal definition regardless of whether the foster care facility is licensed and payments are made by the department for the care of the child, whether adoption subsidy payments are being made prior to the finalization of the adoption, or whether there is federal matching of any payments that are made. RCW 74.14C.010; 45 CFR 1355

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