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2. Foster care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]

3. Foster care - Wikipedia

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   Children of the United Kingdom's Child Migration Programme – many of whom were placed in foster care in Australia. Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community or treatment centre), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state.

4. Foster Care Independence Act - Wikipedia

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   The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–169 (text), 113 Stat. 1882, enacted December 14, 1999) was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 14, 1999. [2] The Act includes provisions relating to foster care and the OASDI and SSI programs. [3] [4] It also assists World War II veterans by providing special cash ...

5. Michigan officials begin making changes to improve education ...

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   Michigan agencies are helping foster youth navigate educational obstacles, and the state Board of Education called for new legislation.

6. Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a type of United States federal assistance provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to states in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for an estimated 3.2 million children and 112,000 elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults [48] in non-residential, day-care ...

7. Sonia Jackson (academic) - Wikipedia

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   As of 2021, Jackson is semi-retired but still in active collaboration with colleagues at the Thomas Coram Research Unit and internationally. Her main areas of research are the education of children in care, foster care, social exclusion, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), and international comparisons of children's services.