What are the benefits of foster care for children?

There are innumerable benefits to becoming a resource parent through foster care and adoption, including the children feeling loved and supported and families feeling complete. read more

Children's Bureau (CB) provides funding to states and tribes to provide safe foster care placements for children and youth who cannot remain in their homes. Our funding also provides optional guardianship assistance for states, as well as assistance to youth aging out of foster care so that they can achieve self-sufficiency. read more

More than 400,000 children are placed in in foster care annually, with more than 200,000 moving in and out of foster homes in a given year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. read more

Benefits of Foster Care. Foster care is important for the well-being of the child. Children and adults alike consistently require the services of foster care, but children need special attention especially when they are placed in such care as a result of unfortunate reasons. read more