For Foster Care we have terms and definitions in 4 topics. The topics are Child Support, Health Care, Juvenile Law and Mental Health.

Foster Care (Child Support)

A Federal-State program which provides financial support to a person, family, or institution that is raising a child or children that are not their own.

Foster Care (Health Care)

See adult foster care, family rest residential, or board and care.

Foster Care (Juvenile Law)

-Temporary care funded via Federal-State pass-through and arranged by a child welfare agency in order to allow receipt of adequate food, clothing, shelter, education, and medical treatment for anyone raising a child that is not their own.

Foster Care (Mental Health)

Provision of a living arrangement in a household other than that of the client's/patient's family.

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