Child support

Children become orphans of various causes, including accidents, abandonment, abandonment by parents, sickness, poverty, natural catastrophes, and wars.

Because orphanages are the most cost-effective way to care for a large number of children while also providing oversight and accountability for their care, they will continue to be used to address child homelessness until quality foster care, reunification programs, and measures to lessen the effects of poverty exist in a given community.