British screenwriter Paul Abbott (b. 1960) was in both kinship care & foster care as a child https://www.careexperienceandculture.com/master/paul-abbott

Paul Abbott’s most successful TV series is the critically acclaimed drama, Shameless. The television series is largely based on his own life and the British version ran for 11 seasons beginning in 2004.

In the American version of Shameless (2011-2021) - also critically acclaimed – in Season 3, Child Protective Services are called on the Gallagher family and some of the children are forced into foster care.

Eventually the eldest Gallagher daughter, Fiona, becomes the legal guardian of the younger children because of their parents’ neglect.