One of those is an institution, one is a home?
One of those is an institution, one is a home?
Forster care is being adopted I thought
Foster parents are paid to feed, clothe and house a an orphan. Some truly care about the kids. Some just want the money and are abusive or neglectful.
No that’s adoption. Foster care’s goal is reunification. If reunification is not possible then the goal is adoption.
It’s like halfway to adoption. The kids live with an unrelated family, but their birth parents still have legal rights to them, and they may go back to their birth family eventually.
An orphanage is where children who have not been adopted stay. It is an institution and not an individual home. Foster care is based out of individual's homes where a temporary guardian is assigned.
Kids being fostered are still typically trying to be placed back in their home as the best outcome. The state has taken them away but is still trying to give them the opportunity to get them back.
Orphanages are institutions where all the kids live together in a dormitory setup, foster care is putting the kids in family homes. When foster care works as intended, it’s much better for the child’s development and ability to integrate into society as an adult, but it requires a lot of oversight to avoid abuse or neglect.
I always explain it with this short article from Child Welfare Information Gateway that breaks it down super clearly: childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/foster.pdf
Would you prefer to live in a dorm or a house?
On the bottom end, very little.
honestly i always wondered this too. thanks for asking, the comments actually cleared it up for me!