The local child welfare agency removes the child from the home due to abuse, neglect or abandonment. The agency may learn of the abuse by a report from a doctor or teacher, or a call by a concerned...
I'm afraid it really isn't up to the parent, but it definitely depends on the situation in which they were removed from you. If there is work YOU can do personally to improve the odds then do it....
I would be very careful about making a decision like that. You want to ask yourself if this would be a temperary placement or permanent. Let me tell you my daughters experience with the state foster...