The Financial support guide for home-based carers which outlines the range of financial supports available to assist carers in meeting the needs of the children and young people in foster care, kinship care, permanent care and special needs local adoption placements was released earlier this week.
You can find the guide at www.dhs.vic.gov.au/carersupport.
Financial Support Guide for Home-Based Carers Read More »
Amanda Stevenson, Manager, Research and Social Policy presented a paper to the AIFS conference, 2014 on Friday 1 August that explored the meaning of a comprehensive prospective survey of n=370 foster care enquirers by the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare for current home-based-care program models, and the programmatic design needed to attract, integrate and retain future carers.
 |
||
|
The Foster Care Network has continued to build a united response to the growing crisis within Victorian foster care, with our most recent meeting looking at desperately needed funding model reforms. Foster Care Network – November Read More » Foster Care Network
|
