A centre which provides round-the clock care and upbringing of a child deprived in part or in full of paternal care.

The centre fulfil its needs, especially emotional, development, health, living, social and religious needs, enables contacts with parents and other close persons, unless otherwise decided by a court, takes actions aimed at the child's return to a family, provides a child with access to education adjusted to its age and development skills, provides a child with therapeutic actions, provides access to eligible healthcare services.

• Act of 9 June 2011 on Family Support and Foster Care System
  Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2024 r. poz. 177, z późn. zm.)

• Foster care

• Centres combining tasks of the centres
• Intervention Centre
• Family Centre
• Socialization Centre
• Specialist therapy centre