The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the need for 660 new foster carers in NSW. Featuring comments from CareSouth respite carers Kellie Grady and Mitch Raven, and ACWA CEO Andrew McCallum.
Now in its 27th year Foster Care Week, which runs from September 10 to 16, is a time to acknowledge and celebrate the wonderful contribution that foster carers in NSW make to keeping the state’s most vulnerable children and young people safe in loving and stable homes. This year, the Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies […]
As the sector gears up for Foster Care Week (September 10-16), MiNDFOOD reports that foster care does more than just provide food and shelter. Featuring CareSouth foster carers Carolyn and Ian.
Foster Care WeekFoster Care Week is an annual event that has been running in NSW since 1990. Coordinated by the Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) with the support of non-government foster care agencies and other partners, Foster Care Week aims to both celebrate and acknowledge the work of NSW’s foster carers and raise awareness […]
This latest blog from Fostering NSW looks at a new study that has found that when children are abused an important learning process is impaired, which can cause them to misbehave, especially as teenagers.