American International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (AIJHSS)

In every country of the world, children are displaced for a variety of reasons. Each community must determine how they will provide for these children who require care away from their biological family. A common form of addressing this issue is placing the children with a foster family. This paper looks at the financial reimbursement of foster parents in three English speaking countries. Rather than arguing the value of adequate maintenance, this paper examines the rate of reimbursement as a percentage of the median income of each geographical location for comparative analysis. The authors note that none of the areas provide an adequate amount to replace income so governments could consider a policy shift to reframe the service of foster care into one of volunteering to help the community.