Everything you need to know about foster care, explained

An article in Good Housekeeping about foster care and what prospective foster parents need to know interviews Annette Semanchin Jones, who said that in the U.S., foster care is overseen by state child welfare agencies and children enter the system when a reports of possible abuse or neglect is received. “Foster parents are doing this job, but they're also providing a loving and caring home for a child," she said.