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Children: Foster Care
What Are the Advantages And Disadvantages of Foster Care?
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Temporary Arrangement: Foster care can be arranged for temporary placement of your children for periods when you are in the hospital or not well enough to care for your children.
Legal Right: You retain all legal rights to your children.
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The family you choose for temporary placement might not be able to adopt your children and provide a permanent home when it becomes necessary. However, if you look for an agency that offers "Early Permanency Planning," this problem might be avoided.
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Support: The foster care parents, assisted by state or privately provided income, are responsible for meeting your child's material needs.
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Depending on the size of the foster care home, your child's emotional needs might not be met as well as they would in an adoptive family. |
Transitional: A foster care arrangement can be used to help a friend or relative become a parent to your child. Agencies can help parents you have in mind become a parent.
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Unless the foster care placement is permanent, you might not know who (if anyone) will ultimately become the adoptive parent of your children. |
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