NUCC taxonomy code
Foster Care Agency
253J00000X
Non-IndividualAgencies
- Grouping
- Agencies
- Classification
- Foster Care Agency
- Specialization
- None
Definition
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.
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