To place a child in foster care, a bureau of social affairs contacts private social service agencies and asks for a foster family to be arranged. If a family cannot be found, the bureau must take the less desirable option of placing the child in a public or private institution.
受虐兒的安置方式，首先是交由社會局委託的民間福利機構代為安排家庭寄養；若無法安排寄養，則退而求其次，安置在社會局委託的公、私立機構。