Foster Care
Foster care
Foster care is the placement of a child in temporary care with a family other than its own as a result of problems or challenges that are taking place within the birth family. It is a way of providing a family life for children who cannot live with their own parents.
Foster parent/family
Foster parent is a person or people who receive a child for temporary family placement when the child’s biological parents are unable to provide care forthe child due to challenges in their environment.
FOSTER CARE PROCESS
1. Identification of prospective Foster parents.
2. Screening of prospective parents by the probation officer.
3. Registration of successful parents.
4. Scouting of a child.
5. Identification of a child.
6. Court inquiry.
7. Supervision.
8. Review of Court order.
