Foster care in the Republic of Croatia has a very long tradition. Despite this, the quality of foster care is questionable. Foster care, as a non-institutional service, offers users numerous advantages, primarily the possibility of growing up in a family environment. Foster care as a service covers numerous groups of adults and children who could be offered a more humane life in this way. Since the Republic of Croatia follows the trends of EU countries, it tends to implement the process of deinstitutionalization, which certainly emphasizes the development of quality foster care services. Although the Republic of Croatia strives to improve the quality of foster care through the adoption of numerous strategic documents, two main problems have arisen for many years. The first problem relates to the unequal regional availability of foster care, and the second to the low response of new foster parents. This is not surprising since dealing with foster care represents a distinct challenge, especially if viewed from the perspective of low fees and often unavailable professional support.