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Bookmark or Share- Orphanage - New World EncyclopediaAn orphanage is an institution dedicated to caring for children who have lost their parents, or for children believed to be abused, abandoned, or generally neglected.
- Orphanages in the U.S. - Adoption in America | Adoption.comThis includes domestic adoption, infant adoption, or international adoption. Few orphanages in the U.S. exist today. In place, instead, the government has established the child welfare system which includes child protective services, foster care, and adoption services.
- Orphanage - WikipediaAn orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive.
- Do Orphanages Still Exist in America? - American AdoptionsWhile there are still many children in need of permanent adoptive homes, today’s domestic adoptions no longer involve traditional orphanages. Instead, U.S. orphanages have been replaced with an improved foster care system and private adoption agencies like American Adoptions.
- Do Orphanages Still Exist in America? | Adoption.comTraditional orphanages are extinct in America today. Instead, there is a complex, government-funded foster system, whose main goal is the reunification of children with families who can appropriately care for them.
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