foster care

noun

: a situation in which for a period of time a child lives with and is cared for by a foster parent
children placed in foster care

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Scott Matlock arrived at Boise State having bounced around the Idaho foster care system before finding a home in Homedale. — Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2026 The state attorney recalled how Kreeger went to stores, hosted an event at her house and gathered donations that were distributed to kids in the foster care system. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 But Ossoff has also dedicated much of his Senate investigative focus to bipartisan probes on more staid topics like abuse in the foster care system, prison conditions and maternal mortality. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 Baby2Baby reaches more than one million children across all 50 states each year in homeless shelters, domestic violence programs, foster care, hospitals and school districts, as well as to children who have lost everything in the wake of disaster. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foster care

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foster care was in 1899

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“Foster care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foster%20care. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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