253J00000XCurrent NUCC CodeOrganizations

Foster Care Agency Providers

Agencies → Foster Care Agency

2,225 active providers in NPISignal’s imported NPPES dataset report this code as their primary taxonomy.

NUCC Definition

Taxonomy code: 253J00000X
Grouping: Agencies
Classification: Foster Care Agency
NUCC display name: Foster Care Agency

A Foster Care Agency is an agency that provides foster care as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as "24-hour substitute care for children outside their own homes." Foster care settings include, but are not limited to, nonrelative foster family homes, relative foster homes (whether payments are being made or not), group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, and pre-adoptive homes.

NUCC Source Notes

Source: Code Of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Volume 4, Part 1355, Section 57 [1/1/2008: new]

Providers

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