Hennepin County Foster Care Foster care is an opportunity for you to make a difference in a child's life. Foster parents give kids a place to live temporarily while they can't live at home. Problems like chemical dependency, child abuse or neglect make foster care necessary. In most circumstances, the court has ordered the children be placed in foster care. Foster care is temporary, it is not meant to be forever.
Children usually continue to visit their own families until they can be reunited.
Foster parents help children grow and feel good again by providing them with stability, affection, and consistency.