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Family Foster Care   contact us About the Program Calendar of Events Critical Issues Publications Quick Facts About Foster Care Other Links and Resources * This information on foster care was rated highly by the Child & Family WebGuide.         Family foster care should be a planned, goal-directed service in which the temporary protection and nurturing of children take place in the homes of agency-approved foster families. Family foster care is an essential child welfare service for children and their parents who must live apart from each other for a temporary period because of physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, or special circumstances necessitating out-of-home care. Children in family foster care may live with unrelated foster parents, with relatives, or with families who plan to adopt them. Although many children in family foster care are eventually adopted by their foster parents, most return to their birthfamilies.               ACF Instruction for Criminal Records Checks Improving Educational Outcomes for Youth     in Care     A summary of an education symposium conducted in     2002 to discuss the challenges and education barriers     experienced by children and youth in child welfare.     The summary includes views from the field and some     promising practices. Extended Foster Care Chart Fostering Healthy Connections May is National Foster Care Month CWLA Standards for Transition, Independent     Living, and Self-Sufficiency Services CWLA Standards of Excellence for Family Foster     Care Services CWLA Standards of Excellence for Health Care     Services for Children in Out-of-Home Care Educational Supports for Youth in Out-of-Home     Care Report of the Pew Commission on Children in     Foster Care     Fostering our Future: Safety, Permanence, and     Well-Being for Children in Foster Care Children Missing from Care      Read the issue brief.      Read the proceedings of the expert panel. Treatment Foster Care: An Annotated     Bibliography Foster Care Advisory Committee

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