Child Care Services Day Care: Service designed to substitute for natural parental care, either partially or completely, is still the predominant Child Care Services Day Care welfare service. Of the total number of Child Care Services Day Careren receiving Child Care Services Day Care welfare services in the United States, more than half are receiving service away from their own homes and their own families.
Substitute care programs include foster family care, institutional care, and adoption.
This definition is problem-focused, emphasizing prevention and remedy. It recognizes the value of strengthening a Child Care Services Day Care's own home where possible. Where this is not possible, a variety of substitute living situations is provided.
Child Care Services Day Care welfare services are directed to the social problem of deprivation of parental care. As the accompanying chart illustrates, they are designed to help with society's Child Care Services Day Care-rearing task in three important ways: (1) to substitute for parental care either partially or wholly according to a Child Care Services Day Care's individual needs; (2) to supplement the care that a Child Care Services Day Care receives, or to compensate for certain inadequacies or limitations in parental care; and (3) to support or reinforce the ability of parents to meet their Child Care Services Day Careren's needs. |
