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PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WESTERN CAPE - SERVICES: CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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Adopting a Child
Adoption is a legal way for an adult single person or couple - being unable to give birth to a child or wishing to bring another child into the family, for example - to become the legal parents of a child. When you adopt a ...  > 
Children's Homes
The provincial Department of Social Development registers, helps fund and monitors Children's Homes. All Children's Homes take in abandoned children and children in need of care.  > 
Fostering a Child
Foster care is the placement of child, who needs to be removed from the parental home, into the custody of a suitable family or person willing to be foster parents. This is done by order of the Children's Court.  > 
Reporting Child Abuse, Neglect, Labour or Exploitation
What is child abuse? What is child neglect? What is child labour? What is child exploitation? Where can I report child abuse, neglect, labour or exploitation? What will happen to the child then? What should I do if I report the case and nothing happens? ...  > 
Reviewing a Foster Care Order
A Foster Care Order is issued by the Children's Court when an abused or neglected child is to be removed from his or her parents and placed into foster care.  > 
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