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True or False - Foster Care

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  • If a child is placed into foster care separately from their siblings, they will never see their siblings again
    FALSE
  • It is the child's fault that they are placed into foster care
    FALSE
  • All kids who are in foster care are in foster care for the same reasons
    FALSE
  • A judge can decide to play a child in foster care because the judge doesn't like the child's parents
    FALSE
  • If a child's parents do not provide them with enough food, clothing or a safe place to live, a judge may decide to place a child in foster care
    TRUE
  • If a child is moved from one foster home to another, it is because the child is "bad"
    FALSE
  • The judge gives parents at least a year to improve the way they take care of themselves and their family
    TRUE
  • If a child is in foster care and placed in the home of extended family members, it is called "Kinship Care"
    TRUE
  • Sometimes a child may live temproarily with foster parents while their birth parents work on their problems
    TRUE
  • If a child is adopted, it means they can never see their birth family ever again
    FALSE
  • If after more than 15 months in care, the parents can't or don't improve the way they take care of themselves and their family, a judge must decide what's best for the child.
    TRUE
  • If a child is in foster care, it means that their parents don't love them
    FALSE
  • If a child is returned to their parents it is called "Reunification"
    True
  • Once a child is placed into foster care they can never live with their birth parents again
    FALSE
  • Once a child is placed into foster care, there is nothing their parents can do to have them come back and live with them again
    FALSE
  • The ultimate reason a child is placed into foster care, is SAFETY
    TRUE
  • If the judge decides to separate a child from their parents permanent, the judge's order is called "Termination of Parental Rights"
    TRUE
  • Sometimes a social worker and Judge decide it would be best for a child to live away from their parent because the parents have problems with mental health or addiction
    TRUE
  • A judge might decide to place a child in foster care because the child's parents have physically or emotionally hurt their child
    TRUE
  • If birth parents are not providing for their child appropriately, a social worker will first try to help them solve the problems and learn better ways to care for their family.
    TRUE
  • Sometimes when kids are removed from their parent's home, they go live with a relative
    TRUE