Foster Care and Kinship Care
Kinship Review Report
The report and recommendations aimed at strengthening our kinship care program, and a document outlining how our ministry plans to respond to the recommendations in the report, have been made public today.
Kinship care is an important placement option for children and youth in our child intervention system. Our experience and research indicate that placing young people who come into our care with extended family or other people significant in their life generally results in positive outcomes. A review of the kinship care program was recently completed to ensure that it is continuing to meet the needs of at-risk children, youth, and families, and to suggest ways it can be strengthened.
The ministry has accepted all of the recommendations and has already started implementing them. We anticipate that the recommendations will be fully addressed by June 2010. Click on the links to view the entire review report and response document.
When children are not able to stay with their families, we look for other places they can call home.
Foster care is when children are placed in temporary homes with people they may not have a previous relationship with. Children may stay in a foster home for a few days or many years. Foster parents receives financial compensation, training and support for the care they provide foster children.
Kinship care is when children are placed with extended family, such as a grandparent, or someone with whom they have a significant relationship. Kinship caregivers receive financial compensation, training and support similar to that of foster parents.
