L'affido temporaneo aiuta la famiglia affidataria.

Because affido begins with a vowel, the singular definite article il is shortened to l' before it.

• il affido → not used
• l'affido → correct

This is very common in Italian with singular nouns beginning with a vowel.

Examples:

• l'amico
• l'idea
• l'uomo

Here, l' means the.

Here, affido is masculine singular.

You can tell because:

• it takes l' from il (not from la)
• the adjective is temporaneo, which is the masculine singular form

So:

• l'affido temporaneo = masculine singular
• if it were feminine, the adjective would be temporanea

Because temporaneo describes affido, not famiglia.

In Italian, adjectives usually agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.

Here:

• affido = masculine singular
• so the adjective must be temporaneo

Later in the sentence:

• famiglia = feminine singular
• so affidataria is feminine singular

So the sentence has two noun + adjective groups:

• l'affido temporaneo
• la famiglia affidataria

Aiuta is the third-person singular present tense of aiutare (to help).

Conjugation:

• io aiuto = I help
• tu aiuti = you help
• lui/lei aiuta = he/she helps

In this sentence, the subject is l'affido temporaneo, which is singular, so the verb is aiuta.

The subject is l'affido temporaneo and the object is la famiglia affidataria.

So:

• l'affido temporaneo = the thing doing the helping
• aiuta = helps
• la famiglia affidataria = the one receiving the help

Italian word order here is straightforward: subject + verb + object

Because aiutare normally takes a direct object in Italian.

English sometimes makes learners expect a preposition, but in Italian you simply say:

• aiutare qualcuno = to help someone

So:

• aiuta la famiglia affidataria = helps the foster family

Not:

• aiuta alla famiglia ❌

Affidataria describes famiglia and means something like foster or receiving the child in foster care, depending on context.

It ends in -a because it agrees with famiglia, which is feminine singular.

So:

• famiglia = feminine singular
• affidataria = feminine singular adjective

This agreement is grammatical. Even if the family includes men and women, the noun famiglia itself is feminine.

Because famiglia is a singular noun meaning family as one unit.

This works the same way in English:

• The family is...
• The family helps...

In Italian, it is also treated as singular here:

• la famiglia affidataria
• not le famiglie affidatarie, unless you mean more than one family

Here it is functioning as an adjective describing famiglia.

So the phrase means:

• la famiglia affidataria = the foster family

In other contexts, related forms can also be used more like nouns, but in this sentence it is best understood as an adjective agreeing with famiglia.

Yes, Italian can sometimes change word order for emphasis, but the normal neutral order here is:

• L'affido temporaneo aiuta la famiglia affidataria.

That is the most natural basic structure: subject + verb + object

A different order might be possible in special contexts, but for learners, this standard order is the safest choice.

A helpful approximation is:

• affido ≈ ah-FEE-doh
• temporaneo ≈ tem-po-rah-NEH-oh
• affidataria ≈ ah-fee-dah-TAH-ryah

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• ff is a real double consonant in Italian, so hold it slightly longer than a single f
• stress is important in Italian
• the final vowels should be clearly pronounced

So affido should not sound like English a-fee-do said too quickly; the doubled ff matters.

More or less, yes:

• L'affido temporaneo = the temporary fostering / temporary foster care placement
• aiuta = helps
• la famiglia affidataria = the foster family

But a perfectly natural English translation may depend on context, because words like affido and affidataria belong to a specific social/legal area and do not always match one single English word exactly.

So grammatically, the structure is simple, but the exact English wording may vary a little depending on the context.