boarding out

social welfare, British

the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
(as modifier)boarding-out allowances

Words nearby boarding out

Boarding-out is all right in good homes; the difficulty is to find good homes.

From Workhouse to Westminster |George Haw
The second governs the boarding-out of children in localities outside the union.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 |Various
Gheel is an example of the boarding-out system practised on a large scale.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 |Various
In the Reports of the Inspectors generally, we have many pleasing instances of the social value of the boarding-out system.

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 702 |Various

In fact, in some villages, I found "boarding-out" a staple industry.

From Workhouse to Westminster |George Haw