The National Redress Scheme (the Scheme) helps people who experienced institutional child sexual abuse gain access to counselling, a direct personal response, and a Redress payment. You may be eligible for Redress if you experienced sexual abuse as a child (under the age of 18) before 1 July 2018 at an organisation like a school, foster care home, residential care service, school, youth detention centre or a church.Read more...
If you are an approved foster or kinship carer providing full-time or respite care, and you own your own dwelling, you may be eligible for a compliant smoke alarm system in your dwelling at no cost.Read more...
Are you a former foster carer considering returning to caring?Read more...
Queensland Foster and Kinship Care and Hub Community Legal are partnering to deliver a number of specific legal services to Foster and Kinship Carers in Queensland.Read more...
The information, comments and recommendations contained in this submission comes from the Management Committee of QFKC, QFKC Foster and Kinship Care staff and volunteer Foster Carer Advocacy and Support Team herein referred to as FAST Representatives, all of whom provide both fostering and practice based experience totalling more than 475 years combined.Read more...
Foster and kinship carers looking after some of the Queensland’s most vulnerable children will have their allowance extended for children who turn 18 while still at school.Read more...
The Australian Government’s new Child Care Subsidy commences on 2 July 2018. The Child Care Subsidy replaces the existing Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate. As part of the changes an Additional Child Care Subsidy has also been introduced to support vulnerable families.Read more...
The Stronger Families website (www.qld.gov.au/strongerfamilies) has now gone live. The website was created by our Corporate Communication and Engagement team and will provide a central point for news and information relating to the Stronger Families Reform Program.Read more...
The Right to Information is the Queensland Government's approach to giving the community greater access to information.Read more...
Centrelink has released a report which provides information on automatic exemptions for principal carers and main supporter parents and non-principal carer emergency and respite foster carers with special family circumstances.Read more...