Foster Care

Children maltreated in their families of birth are usually protected from further harm by being taken by the state into foster care. Foster care is a system whereby minor...

The Department of Human Services is an agency that looks after the welfare of a child. They provide and promotes safety, well-being and permanency for children and youth...

The American foster care system has been hailed as one of the best systems in the world, hosting close to half a million children (Rosenfeld, Pilowsky and Fine). In fact,...