Historia y evolución del acogimiento familiar de menores y el contexto de la Comunidad Valenciana

This article presents the history and evolution undergone over the last twenty-five years by the System for Minor Protection, and more specifically the solution of fostering minors in families. Two parts can be distinguished in this: the first, referred to as the genesis of the legislative framework 'international and state-operated-, and the materialisation of the type of fostering in extensive and other people's families. The second part involves the development of fostering minors in families in the Valencian Community context.