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foster care

system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent"
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foster care

Summary

foster care is a social services[1]. It draws 850 Wikipedia views per month (social_services category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • foster care's instance of is recorded as social services[3].
  • foster care is a type of social welfare[4].
  • foster care comprises foster family[5].
  • foster care's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Foster care[6].
  • foster care's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • foster care's different from is recorded as Rodzina zastępcza[8].
  • foster care's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].

Why It Matters

foster care draws 850 Wikipedia views per month (social_services category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). foster care. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foster-care
MLA “foster care.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/foster-care.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foster-care_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{foster care}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foster-care}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nalt id → 24882
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2004]]: 24882"
  2. 9d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → social welfare
    Has part(s) → foster family
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151005798
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8814]]: 01134314-n"
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