Foster care versus orphanages Do abandoned children placed in foster homes do better than similar children placed in an institution? The Bucharest Early Intervention Project found that the answer is a clear “Yes.” The subjects were 136 young children abandoned at birth and living in orphanages in Bucharest, Romania. Half of the children, chosen at random, were placed in foster homes. The other half remained in the orphanages.55 (Foster care was not easily available in Romania at the time and so was paid for by the study.) What conclusion can we draw from this study? Explain.