Article: The Children's Aid Society in New York helps children with heart disease.

2004 JUL 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Children's Aid Society in New York has developed models for foster care of children with medical problems and other special needs.

According to recent research from the United States, "Children in foster care have many health needs. This article presents the model of the Children's Aid Society (CAS) of New York City in addressing these needs."

"In addition to their regular foster care program, CAS developed the Medical Foster Care (MFC) in response to the growing number of boarder babies (children with medical conditions who are abandoned at hospitals), and the Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) for foster ...

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