SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1993
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MORE FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED
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SOCIAL ELIGIBLE
WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, COUPLES TO JOIN THE TEAM
OF
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TODAY (SUNDAY) APPEALED TO FOSTER PARENTS.
PRESENTATION EXISTING
ADDRESSING THE FOSTER FAMILY SERVICE AWARDS CEREMONY CUM FOSTER FAMILY GAMES DAY, MRS GOODSTADT SAID THE 240 FOSTER CARE PLACES PROVIDED BY SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS WOULD BE INCREASED
320 FROM THIS
MONTH.
TO
THE FOSTER PLACES WOULD BE INCREASED IN PHASES TO 600 IN THE COMING FOUR YEARS, SHE ADDED.
THE IDEAL FOSTER PARENTS SHOULD BE MARRIED COUPLES AGED BETWEEN 25 AND 60, AND ARE CARING TO CHILDREN.
HOMES
"REFERRING TO THE OBJECTIVE OF CHILD WELFARE SERVICE IN THE 1990'S,
PRIORITY WOULD BE GIVEN TO FOSTER CARE AND SMALL GROUP INSTEAD OF INSTITUTIONAL CARE," SHE SAID.
**FOSTER CARE IS A FORM OF RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE SERVICE WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE A TEMPORARY ALTERNATIVE FAMILY FOR ORPHANS CHILDREN WHO LACK ADEQUATE FAMILY CARE BECAUSE OF NEGLECT, ILLNESS PARENTS OR OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS."
OR
OF
"THROUGH FOSTERING, CHILDREN CAN GROW IN A FAMILY SETTING THEIR BASIC NEEDS WOULD BE MET, SHE SAID.
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THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL FOSTER CARE UNIT THAN 600 FOSTER FAMILIES IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
:
SHE STRESSED THAT THE PLANNED INCREASE OF
FUNDING WOULD REQUIRE NOT ONLY COMMITMENT AND BUT ALSO THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.
CEREMONY.,
AND
HAD
RECRUITED MORE
FOSTER
CARE PLACES FROM THE GOVERNMENT,
40 COUPLES WHO
AWARD
ARE
FOSTER
FOR THEIR
AT THE PRESENTATION PARENTS FOR MORE THAN FIVE OR 10 YEARS, RECEIVED AN SERVICES TO THE NEEDY CHILDREN.
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