Foster care for children awaiting adoption

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Once the child has been relinquished by the biologicalmother or biological parents, the child is in the care and custody of the social welfare agency or institution. The law allows the biological parents three months reconsideratin period, in case they want to think through the situation and reconsider their decision. During the interim between relinquishment and adoption, children live with foster families, institutions and orphanges. With the present stress on developing non-institutional services for the care of abandoned and destitute children, many are kept with foster families. A foster family is one that provides care to the destittue child for a temporary period till the child can be rehabilitated in a permanent home. It provides substitute family care so that the child does not have to risk psssible neglect in a huge institution or orphange. The emotional deprivation and the absence of a one-to-one relationship can inflict long-lasting trauma on the hcild and through foster homes this situation is averted or minimised. These foster homes are an indispensable part of the adoption process. They play a crucial role in the early care of the child who is awaiting adoption.