Foster parent definition
Foster parent means an individual who operates a home that has been approved by the Department to provide care for an unrelated child or young adult placed in the home by the Department.
Foster parent means any individual maintaining a foster family home, who is responsible for the care, supervision, guidance and rearing of and other foster care services provided to a foster child;
Foster parent means a parent registered under this Act to receive and retain a child for the purpose of caring for and maintaining the child apart from the child’s parents, guardian or relative;
More Definitions of Foster parent
Foster parent means a person who has foster care of a child;
Foster parent means an approved provider who gives 24-hour substitute family care, room and board, and services for children or youth committed or entrusted to a child-placing agency.
Foster parent means a person who has foster care of a child by order of the children's court, and includes an active member of an organisation operating a cluster foster care scheme and who has been assigned responsibility for the foster care of a child;
Foster parent means an adult relative or non-relative with whom a dependent child is placed;
Foster parent means a person licensed to operate a foster home or treatment foster home under s. 48.62, Stats.
Foster parent means any adult person who gives parenting care and maintenance to a foster child pursuant to placement by an authorized agency.
Foster parent means any adult person licensed by the department of human services or another authorized agency to provide foster care services for a child or children under Chapter 587A, HRS.