Foster care is designed to provide temporary care for children until they can be returned to their biological families or be placed with adoptive families. It is not necessarily about severing parental ties or finding adoptive parents, although that can be a goal in some cases. Foster care is regulated at both the state and federal level, but primarily by state law.

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Foster Care

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Foster care

A) is mandated by law prior to an effective adoption by prospective parents.
B) is designed to provide temporary care for children.
C) strives to sever parental ties and find appropriate substitute (adoptive) parents for neglected and abandoned children.
D) is primarily regulated by federal law.

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