This document provides information about becoming a foster carer and the types of fostering available. It discusses that anyone can become a foster carer regardless of marital status, employment, housing situation, race, or religion. There are different types of fostering including emergency, short term, long term, respite, and parent and baby. Fostering provides temporary care for children until they can return home, while adoption legally transfers the child's relationship to a new family. Foster carers are expected to provide love, comfort, food and clothing, as well as promote the child's health, family contact, and education.