Child welfare organizations offer supervision, treatment, personal care and protection to children placed outside their own home and to children vulnerable adults attending camp.
Institutions range from small group homes to large campuses.
They provide care for children who are abused or neglected, delinquent, homeless, are runaways or pregnant. A 24-hour residential care facility operated by a juvenile court for children and youth which can be open or secure. Child Welfare Licensing has the responsibility of inspecting such facilities. Child Placing Agencies Operated by private organizations and governmental organizations such as County Family Independence Agencies and local Community Mental Health Agencies. They place children in adoption, foster care and independent living, and certify foster family homes to be licensed.