Passports to Success

Assuring Positive Educational Experiences
For Children in Out-of-home Care


Module 1: Page 4 of 10

What is out-of-home care?

Out-of-home care is temporary around-the-clock care provided by a licensed family or facility for children who cannot live with their parents.

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Out-of-home care providers primarily include foster homes, group homes, residential care centers, and relatives who are caring for a child pursuant to a court order. Out-of-home care can also include shelter care and detention. Most of the students in out-of-home care that you encounter will be in a foster home. Placement with a relative is the second most prevalent type of out-of-home care.

Children and their families are provided services while the child is in care, with the goal of strengthening the families, remedying the conditions that led to the child’s placement, and assuring that the child can return to a safe, stable and permanent home.

Now that we know what out-of-home care is, let’s learn more about the children in care.

 

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