A child or youth may be in foster care for one night, several months or, in come cases, several years. Every effort is made to reunify children with their parent. The time spent in foster care is dependent upon each parent’s situation and their ability to engage in services to keep the children or youth safe so that they can be reunited. Children may leave foster care to live with a relative or another adult with whom they have a significant relationship. This is called kinship care.