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Research and Planning / Annual Statistical Report / Licensing Programs / Child Residential Care
Child residential care includes children’s residential facilities, child placing agencies, child caring institutions, and independent foster homes. All four institutions serve children up to 18 years of age who may or may not be in foster care
Children’s residential facilities are institutions or group homes that provide licensed full-time care, protection, guidance and may also provide independent living services to those between 18 and 21 years old who may be transitioning out of foster care
Child placing agencies are private-sector agencies that provide adoption, foster care, and related services.
Child caring institutions are facilities that do not accept public funding and are licensed by VDSS under statutorily fixed standards.
Independent foster homes are private family homes where children reside for no more than 180 days; their placement is made by a parent or guardian, independent of a child placing agency.
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