Fostering

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent". The placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency. The institution, group home or foster parent is compensated for expenses.

The State, via the family court and child protection agency, stand in loco parentis to the minor, making all legal decisions while the foster parent is responsible for the day-to-day care of the minor.

The vast majority of children who would otherwise need foster c
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Three Little Words
One for the Murphys
The Language of Flowers
Orphan Train
Another Place at the Table
To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
Fighting Words
Demon Copperhead
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Orbiting Jupiter
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
White Oleander
Pictures of Hollis Woods
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
Far from the Tree

John William Tuohy
One afternoon Walter brought Izzy to the house for lunch and, pointing to me, he said to Izzy, “He’s one of your tribe.” Dobkins lifted his head to look at me and after a few seconds said, “I don’t see it.” “The mother’s a Jew,” Walter answered, as if he were describing the breeding of a mongrel dog. “Then you are a Jew,” Izzy said, and sort of blessed me with his salami sandwich.
John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care

We have the opportunity to pour into them what they were created to be; and pullout the treasure that they cannot yet see.
Momma Moon, The Fostered Egg- JourneyOf Destiny: The Journey Of Destiny And A Forever Family

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