A Foster Care Agency is an agency that provides foster care as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as "24-hour substitute care for children outside their own homes." Foster care settings include, but are not limited to, nonrelative foster family homes, relative foster homes (whether payments are being made or not), group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, and pre-adoptive homes.
| Full Name: | Foster Care Agency |
| Taxonomy Code: | 253J00000X |
| Level I, Provider Grouping: | Agencies |
| Level II, Classification: | Foster Care Agency |
| Additional Info: | Source: Code Of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Volume 4, Part 1355, Section 57 [1/1/2008: new] |
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