Foster Care

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Foster care is a temporary living situation for children whose parents cannot take care of them and whose need for care has come to the attention of child welfare agency staff. While in foster care, children may live with relatives, with foster families or in group facilities.

How long children stay in foster care depends on their family situation and what options are available in their communities. For some children, their stay in foster care is brief; for others foster care lasts one to three years or, in some cases, longer. A key goal of foster care programs is to ensure that children live in stable, lifelong families, since secure attachment to at least one parenting adult is a crucial child developmental building block.

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Guiding Harbor P.O. Box 727 Belleville, 48112 734-697-7242

Guiding Harbor is a private, non-profit organization founded by the General Federation of Womens Clubs, Michigan (GFWC-MI), that provides child caring and child placement services for abused and neglected children.