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Foster Care is a temporary service that provides short-term care and supportive
services to children who are unable to live at home because of child abuse or
neglect. Foster children live in family foster homes and group care settings. Twenty-
three counties in Maryland and Baltimore City operate foster care programs. Foster
care caseworkers work with the birth and foster families to develop the most
appropriate permanency plan for each child. Reunification with parents, placement
with relatives, or adoption are examples of permanency plans. Also, some children
receive services that teach them to be independent young adults if for some reason
they cannot reunite with their family. The foster care caseworker assists the birth and
foster families in obtaining the services, such as counseling and health care, needed
to meet the goals of the permanency plan. Each foster care program also works to
recruit, train, approve and retain foster care providers.
Foster Care Program Goals
Who are the Children in Foster Care?
Children in foster care are children from your neighborhood. They are children who
want to remain attached to their families despite their experiences. They are children
whose families need the help of your family. They can be of any race, infants to
teenagers, and of either sex. They are abused or neglected, and some have been
exposed to domestic violence or substance abuse. At the end of May 2009, there
were 6,728 children in foster care placements. The foster care program expenditures
for FY 02 were million dollars. Foster care is funded with a combination of state and
federal monies and child support.
(Source: BCDSS)
services to children who are unable to live at home because of child abuse or
neglect. Foster children live in family foster homes and group care settings. Twenty-
three counties in Maryland and Baltimore City operate foster care programs. Foster
care caseworkers work with the birth and foster families to develop the most
appropriate permanency plan for each child. Reunification with parents, placement
with relatives, or adoption are examples of permanency plans. Also, some children
receive services that teach them to be independent young adults if for some reason
they cannot reunite with their family. The foster care caseworker assists the birth and
foster families in obtaining the services, such as counseling and health care, needed
to meet the goals of the permanency plan. Each foster care program also works to
recruit, train, approve and retain foster care providers.
Foster Care Program Goals
- To place all foster children into a permanent living arrangement within a
maximum of 15 months from the date they entered foster care.
- To increase the number of foster parents willing to work with birth families.
- To assist teenagers in the foster care system in becoming self-sufficient.
Who are the Children in Foster Care?
Children in foster care are children from your neighborhood. They are children who
want to remain attached to their families despite their experiences. They are children
whose families need the help of your family. They can be of any race, infants to
teenagers, and of either sex. They are abused or neglected, and some have been
exposed to domestic violence or substance abuse. At the end of May 2009, there
were 6,728 children in foster care placements. The foster care program expenditures
for FY 02 were million dollars. Foster care is funded with a combination of state and
federal monies and child support.
(Source: BCDSS)
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