Definition
Programs that provide temporary shelter/residential care for infants and children who are at risk for or who have experienced child abuse or neglect in the home or whose families are experiencing an emergency that makes it untenable for the child to remain in the home. Care is generally provided by licensed family child care homes that are available on a 24-hour basis when needed. Some providers are able to accommodate children to age 12 or 14 and will consider older children on a case-by-case basis, while others limit their services to very young children, generally from birth to age five or six.
URL Name
BH-1800-1500-050
Third Level Code
BH-1800
Taxonomy Code
BH-1800.1500-050
Parent Code
BH-1800.1500
Family Code
B
Second Level Code
BH
Fifth Level Code
BH-1800-1500-050
Fourth Level Code
BH-1800-1500
Use References
Crisis Childcare, Crisis Child Care, Crisis Nurseries/Childcare, Emergency Child Care, Emergency Childcare
Publication Status
Online