Although child well-being agencies partner with families to keep children and youth in their homes, when children and youth cannot remain with their primary caregivers, and kin or alternate care placements are not available, Alternative (foster) caregivers provide children and youth with temporary care in a family setting. In most situations, children and youth placed in foster care are reunified with their primary caregivers, families, and communities.
Visit There to Care – OACAS to learn about the critical role alternative caregivers have to children, youth, families and communities.
