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Making Foster Care Successful The early 1800s was an era where poor, orphaned, and abused children were left on streets, thrown in prison, or simply put away in orphanages. Finally, in 1851, a man by the name of Charles Brace finally decided to recognize this serious problem. At the time the popular Puritan belief was that "children are damned and saved through discipline" (Eviatar). But Charles Brace had the conception that children were "innocents in need …

…care provides. That is why it is so important to keep accurate data, conduct thorough background checks of potential caregivers, and place more priority on providing accommodating check-ups. The lives of innocent human beings are dramatically and permanently affected, positively and negatively, by the foster care they are provided. But foster care can be what it was always intended to be: an opportunity for caring people to provide a temporary home to children in need.