Section 244. Hostels and foster homes

1. The director is hereby authorized
  to provide or to pay for care in a hostel or foster home approved by him
  as suitable for such cases for any probationer or parolee under the  age
  of  twenty-one  years  when  the  parole  board  or  a  judge of a court
  determines that there is no other suitable home for such probationer  or
  parolee  and  that  such probationer or parolee should be placed in such
  hostel or foster home. In  addition  to  payment  for  such  care,  when
  ordered  by the board or court, the director is authorized to provide or
  pay  for  clothing  and  other  necessities,   including   medical   and
  psychiatric  treatment,  required for the welfare of such probationer or
  parolee. The director may also provide or contract for such care in  any
  suitable facility operated by a department of correction or by any other
  public  or voluntary social welfare agency, institution or organization.
  A court with respect to such a probationer and  the  parole  board  with
  respect  to  such a parolee shall, subject to regulation by the director
  control admissions to and discharges from such hostels and foster homes.
  When placement is made in any hostel or foster home, or in any  facility
  other  than  a  public  institution, such placement whenever practicable
  shall be in a hostel, or facility operated by or in the home of a person
  or persons of the same religious faith as the probationer or parolee.
    2. The director  shall  have  authority  and  the  duty  to  stimulate
  programs for the development of hostels and foster homes for the care of
  probationers and parolees under the age of twenty-one years.