寄養

寄養（）是一個對未成年人的另安排暫時住處安排，例如監護、寄宿家庭、群體家庭等。通常這類人士都會收取利益作開支。

服務現況

香港 
香港現時有11間非政府機構營運寄養服務，包括香港家庭福利會、香港基督教服務處、母親的抉擇等。2022年，有調查指寄養家庭的數量會在未來三年減少兩成，加上超過300名兒童仍在輪候入住寄養家庭，出現供不應求的問題。2023年，社會福利署公布兒童住宿照顧及相關服務檢討委員會第二階段的檢討報告，建議引入彈性招募及照顧安排、加強對寄養家長的支援及培訓，並加強宣傳以吸引更多人成為寄養家庭。

参考文献

延伸閱讀 

 Hurley, Kendra (2002). "Almost Home" Retrieved June 27, 2006.
 
 Knowlton, Paul E. (2001). "The Original Foster Care Survival Guide"; A first person account directed to successfully aging out of foster care.
 McCutcheon, James, 2010. "Historical Analysis and Contemporary Assessment of Foster Care in Texas: Perceptions of Social Workers in a Private, Non-Profit Foster Care Agency". Applied Research Projects. Texas State University Paper 332.

外部連結 
 The Mental Health of Children in Out-of-Home Care: Scale and Complexity of Mental Health Problems
 Effects of Enhanced Foster Care on the Long-term Physical and Mental Health of Foster Care Alumni
 The impact of foster care on development 
 Effects of early psychosocial deprivation on the development of memory and executive function 
 Enduring neurobehavioral effects of early life trauma mediated through learning and corticosterone suppression 

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