<P> Foster care in the modern sense was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1853 when Reverend John Armistead removed children from a workhouse in Cheshire , and placed them with foster families . The local council ( called unions at the time ) was legally responsible for the children , and paid the foster parents a sum equal to the cost of maintaining the child in the workhouse . </P>
<P> Foster care in the modern sense was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1853 when Reverend John Armistead removed children from a workhouse in Cheshire , and placed them with foster families . The local council ( called unions at the time ) was legally responsible for the children , and paid the foster parents a sum equal to the cost of maintaining the child in the workhouse . </P>
when did foster care start in the uk
when did foster care start in the uk
1853
1853