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Foster Care Kids By: Reiley · When foster kids tell other people that they live in a foster home they don’t get treated well · Foster kids still make accomplishments even though you may not think · Most kids would much rather spend his time playing video games and hanging out with people on the street. They instead attend classes and meetings at the Board of Child Care. They would admit that the time they would spend there have changed their lives. · They were called worthless because they didn’t have real parents. · When they grow up some and their families are recognized to ridiculously mean, Child Care can take the children away from them. **How did Foster Care Start?** ** It all started in the mid 19th century. There were 30,000 homeless or neglected children lived in the streets and slums of NYC. Charles Loring Brace was the founder of the Children Aid Society believed that all of these people's futures will change and they will live a full, happy, life! He decided to do what he believed in. He started removing the children from the streets and put them in the biggest kind of family. The farm families. He put them in the far families because they have a big property and he wanted them to get rid of the life that made them suffer and dream of a lot of things. He told the children that they would arrive there by train. He called it the Orphan Train Movement. The Orphan Train Movement lasted from 1853- the early 1900's. The Orphan Train Movement helped and transported more than 120,00 children to the new and awesome lives! ** // According to The Board of Childcare website, this is how do you become a Foster Parent? // // To become a Foster Parent you need to have these eligibilities… // 1. **//Baltimore City residents//** 2. **// Parental responsibilities //** 3. **// At least 20 years old //** 4. **// Employed 20 hours a week and for at least six months //** 5. **// Exhausted other loan sources //** 6. **// Monthly disposable income of at least $80 //** 7. **// All bankruptcies discharged by the court //** 8. **// Household income not exceeding 80% of the area’s median income //** Where do they all go to school? If you are a foster child waiting for a foster parent then you would go to Strawbridge School. This place teaches children in grades 5 to when you are 21 years old. It gives you the academic resources to learn. This school opened in 1994. This school is nonpublic, a team of teachers and clinicians give students a range of academic and behavioral supports. These are some of the things about Strawbridge School. ** Wiki ** ** By : Reiley ** You have to be a licensed in order to take a child in and there are a lot of papers and other things that you do just for one child. For an example you have to have a background check and finger scanning, First Aid Certification, and etc. Foster Care is run by the state. Each state has a different process, but in general they are all basically the same.