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Abstract
The welfare of children in Western Australia is largely administered by the Child Welfare Department. This statutory agency provides for adoption, institutional care, foster care, supervision of juvenile offenders and general social work with families, in addition to dealing with financial assistance as laid down in various Acts. Foster care, i.e. the placement of children in the homes of families approved and subsidized for maintenance, appears to be based on principles which sometimes stem more from traditional beliefs than from empirical examination of determiners of success in placement.