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foster care: temporary care provided to children in settings outside their family of origin and by individuals other than their natural or adoptive parents. [...] Typically, a child is placed with a family approved for foster care and paid a fee for such by a public child welfare agency. (APA Dictionary of Psychology)

The nature of foster care means people who do it are altruistic and do not like to talk about money because it is for looking after children, Swain says. (The Guardian)

Foster care is not unique to Britain, but the way it has evolved is unlike other countries where foster care exists. Essentially, UK foster carers are volunteers who receive an allowance to cover their costs. (The Guardian)

I was very unhappy in foster care. After a few short placements and a year in a children’s home that wouldn’t have been out of place in a Charles Dickens’s novel, I was placed with an older lady. (The Guardian)

Overall, there are between 2,000 and 2,500 allegations of abuse of children in foster care every year, around a quarter of which are substantiated. (The Independent)