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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 26 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's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12041548[5].
  • foster care comprises foster family[6].
  • foster care's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Foster care[7].
  • foster care's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • foster care's different from is recorded as Rodzina zastępcza[9].
  • foster care's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

Why It Matters

foster care draws 26 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.[11] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). foster care. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foster-care
MLA “foster care.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Oct. 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: 2026-10-04}}
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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. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → foster-home-care
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: foster-home-care, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289931149|foster home care (#289931149)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  2. 26d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → fosterbarn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3509]]: fosterbarn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/22881360|Fosterbarn (#22881360)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 14w ago · Adam78 · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q12041548
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q12041548]]"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006340-pestounska-pece
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006340-pestounska-pece, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 20w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nalt id → 24882
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2004]]: 24882"
  6. 20w 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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