Independent Living

Independent Living: A type of foster care placement that helps provide life-skills training to older children, to assist them to acquire the skills they will need to live independently as adults. These types of programs are designed for children who are "aging out" of foster care, as they near majority, and for whom there is no other plan for permanent adoption placement.

Find more information on Independent Living

Browse the entries

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

previous term

next term

go back

NOTICE: By using the adoption glossary you agree to our terms of service

The definition of this term has been taken from the "Adoption Glossary," which contains definitions of a wide variety of words that relate to adoption and infertility. The entire Adoption Glossary is located at http://glossary.adoption.com.

Corrections, additions, other terms? Send us your feedback.