Why there are no orphanages in the USA and what is a foster family: the story of an immigrant
'11.11.2020'
Source: Yandex Zen
Every child needs a family. And in the United States, this principle is at the heart of the program to help children who are left without parents, writes the author of the "Expat's Blog" on Yandex Zen.
Traditional orphanages in the United States began to close after the Second World War. The revised adoption policy and new child protection laws have led to the complete rejection of traditional orphanages.
They were replaced by a new concept - the distribution of orphans to foster families.
Foster, translated into Russian, means "educate, care for, patronize."
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Now this mechanism is perfected legally and aims, first of all, to take care of children and protect their rights. After the authorities confirm the fact that a particular child was left without a family, a special department decides his fate. The Department of children and family services (DCFS) finds in the shortest possible time a “foster family”, that is, a foster family - people with whom the child will stay until the moment there are no willing and the opportunity to adopt / adopt a child.
- Today, nearly 428 American children live in a foster family, from infancy to 000 years.
- The average age of children adopted for upbringing is 9 years, there are more boys than girls.
- The average amount of time a child is in such a family is just over a year.
- It also happens that the foster family ultimately decides to adopt or adopt a child.
Therefore, today in the United States there are no traditional orphanages intended for long-term residence. There are special institutions for the temporary stay of children left without parental care, and the children are in such institutions until they are assigned to a foster family.
Original column published on the blog. “Expat's Blog” to “Yandex Zen"
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