Some children have been in temporary care for a few years
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Jersey is suffering from an acute shortage of long-term foster carers.
Currently there are at least 20 children living in short-term foster homes or in residential accommodation who need long-term placements.
Tony Le Sueur from Jersey's Children Service says some children are spending far too long in what is intended as a temporary situation.
Mr Le Sueur warned in February that foster caring would be hit by plans to scrap an increase in allowances.
He said: "The children have been in care over six months and some have been there for a few years, which is a long time.
"Clearly they need to be in families. Children's homes, with the best will in the world, are not going to replace an actual family.
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