How to Use foster care in a Sentence

foster care

noun
  • The child asked to come into foster care.
    — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
  • How foster care failed my aunts and uncles.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • Many live on their own, some aging out of foster care with no place to go.
    — F. Amanda Tugade, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
  • One of the women had birthed a child who ended up in foster care.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2026
  • Losing her kids to foster care was the turning point for her.
    — Vivian Ogunro, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The dog, a Labrador puppy, is now in foster care.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Alexis had spent the most time in foster care, living in five homes.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • The pair have since been placed in temporary foster care.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • One of their children is adopted from foster care.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
  • For youth in foster care, that rhythm is often shattered.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Police said Jet Blue is now safe and in foster care.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Thrust alone into the foster care system.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • Bogan did not know why the baby was put into foster care.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
  • They were checked over in a nearby hospital and are now in foster care.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • The average length of stay in foster care is 4 to 6 weeks.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Status offenders can be sent to foster care or group homes, where they are not locked up.
    — Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • From there, Ali and three of her siblings were placed in the foster care system.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Weaving, for one, was told that her backstory was that of a lone wolf who grew up in foster care.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • His father grew up in an orphanage and his mother in foster care.
    — Melanie Marshall, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The surviving children were placed in foster care.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026

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