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Types of kinship care
Creating home for a child you care about
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Long-term, short-term or specialist, our kinship care program is designed to keep foster children within their extended family or community, whenever possible.
Short-term care
You'll have a foster child for a few weeks to 6 months. These children are often reunited with their family afterward, or other long term options are arranged if that's in their best interest.
Long-term care
If the child hasn't been able to return to their immediate family home as was hoped, you may transition into long-term kinship care, where the child will stay for more than 6 months and you'll be there to help them grow.
Specialist kinship care
Also known as 'Intensive Kinship Care', we'll provide you with additional training and ongoing support to help you care for a child struggling with trauma and challenging behaviours.
Know a child needing kinship care?
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