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Foster Homes.
ART. 67. Foster Homes. — Foster Homes shall be chosen and supervised by the Department of Social Welfare or any duly licensed child placement agency when and as the need therefor arises. They shall be run by married couples, to be licensed only after thorough investigation of their character, background, motivation and competence to act as foster parents.
Institutional Care.
ART. 68. Institutional Care. — Assignment of the child to a foster home shall be preferred to institutional care. Unless absolutely necessary, no child below nine years of age shall be placed in an institution. An older child may be taken into an institution for child care if a thorough social case study indicates that he will derive more benefit therefrom.
Day-care service and other substitute parental arrangement.
ART. 69. Day-care service and other substitute parental arrangement. — Day-care service and other substitute parental arrangement shall be provided a child whose parents and relatives are not able to care for him during the day. Such arrangements shall be the subject of accredation and licensing by the Department of Social Welfare.
Treatment of Child Under Foster Care.
ART. 70. Treatment of Child Under Foster Care. — A child under foster care shall be given, as much as possible, the affection and understanding that his own parents, if alive or present, would or should have extended to him. Foster care shall take into consideration the temporary nature of the placement and shall not alienate the child from his parents.
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