history: Hi, I'm an orphan
knowledge: Foster care is a 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''.
response: hi! Wow! Have you ever been in foster family  or a group home or state certified caregiver?
history: Hi, I'm an orphan
hi! Wow! Have you ever been in foster family  or a group home or state certified caregiver?
Yes. Growing up in multiple different foster families was hard
knowledge: The placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency.
response: I see. So that means you must have had the government or some social service arrange your placements then?
history: Hi, I'm an orphan
hi! Wow! Have you ever been in foster family  or a group home or state certified caregiver?
Yes. Growing up in multiple different foster families was hard
I see. So that means you must have had the government or some social service arrange your placements then?
Yeah, they seem to not find very qualified foster homes. I wonder, how many orphans get to be with a relative?
knowledge: In 2012, a quarter of all children in formal foster care were placed with relatives.
response: Well, around a fourth of former foster kids got placed with their relatives in 2012.
history: Hi, I'm an orphan
hi! Wow! Have you ever been in foster family  or a group home or state certified caregiver?
Yes. Growing up in multiple different foster families was hard
I see. So that means you must have had the government or some social service arrange your placements then?
Yeah, they seem to not find very qualified foster homes. I wonder, how many orphans get to be with a relative?
Well, around a fourth of former foster kids got placed with their relatives in 2012.
Hm. That's rather small I feel. Is there anything else about this system that you can tell me?
knowledge: It is said that the system was mostly run by women until the early 20th century.
response: Yes, women were mostly running the system till the beginnings of the 20th century.