How are children placed with a foster family?
Children are mainly placed in foster care when it is determined that the child is unsafe or at high risk of maltreatment. The Office of Children’s Services works with the family to implement the least intrusive approach to keep children safe, first with consideration of an in-home safety plan and last, an out-of-home placement. Other children are in care because of a voluntary placement by their parents. Parents may be unable to care for their children because of parental illness, medical needs of the child, family emergencies or planned, parental absence from the home.
