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Foster Care

Foster carers are a crucial part of the care and protection system for children in the ACT. They provide nurturing environments for our most vulnerable children. Caring for children who are unable to live at home is an enormously important contribution to the community.

Following from the introduction of the Children & Young People Act 1999, reform in the area of out of home care now means that the non-government sector is responsible for the delivery of all foster care programs in the ACT.

Although the Office for Children, Youth and Family Support no longer delivers foster care services directly, it continues to play a pivitol role in establishing stable arrangements and overall care plans for children in care and for monitoring the overall quality of the care system. As a quality control mechanism, contracts entered into by out of home care agencies with the Office for Children, Youth and Family Support for the provision of out-of home care are now governed by a set of Out of Home Care standards.

Foster carers are central to the provision of out of home care. The Act specifically anticipates that the Chief Executive will enter into agreements with carers to carry out parental responsibilty for the Chief Executive. When this occurs, the out of home care agencies take responsibilty for supporting carers to make any practical arrangements that are needed for the child. These might include; providing transport to contact, arranging dental and medical appointments. The roles and responsibility of the Office for Children, Youth and family Support and agencies will depend on the existence and nature of any court orders made by the Children's Court.

More Information

Foster Care Poster PDF document 79KB

Foster Care Subsidy Rates PDF document 16KB

Foster Care Agencies:

Barnardos Australia External Link
ph: (02) 62415466
fax: (02) 62414560

Marymead Child & Family Centre External Link
ph: (02) 6162 5800
fax: (02) 62959944

Galilee Inc External Link
ph: (02) 62902191
fax: (02) 62902512

Life Without Barriers External Link
ph: (02) 6242 6222
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Richmond Fellowship
ph: (02) 62629869

Care and Protection :

Care Orders Team
ph: (02) 62071069
fax: (02) 62071020

Response and Intervention Team
ph: (02) 62071466
fax: (02) 6205 5684

Centralised Intake Service
ph: 1300 556 729 (General Public)
ph: 1300 556 728 (Mandated Reports)
fax: (02) 6205 0648 (General)
fax: (02) 6205 0641 (Mandated Reports)

Email: childprotection@act.gov.au

   

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