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New #FosterCareSA campaign encourages South Australians to foster
South Australians are being encouraged to focus on the importance of helping others and contributing to the community through this time of uncertainty, with a new foster care recruitment campaign.
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Early access to preschool from age 3 for children in care
Children who are or have been in care are eligible to attend preschool after their 3rd birthday.
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Latest News
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South Australians opening hearts and minds to foster care
25/05/20Community interest in providing safe, loving, nurturing homes for children and young people in need has increased during the coronavirus, as South Australians turn their minds to how they can help others. -
Aboriginal experts to pave the way forward in SA
21/05/20The Department for Child Protection (DCP) has engaged a group of nationally recognised child protection experts to help it to deliver on its commitment to full implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle and to support better outcomes for all Aboriginal children and young people in care. -
New campaign encourages South Australians to foster
11/05/20South Australians are being encouraged to focus on the importance of helping others and contributing to the community through this time of uncertainty, with a new foster care recruitment campaign. -
Impacts of the coronavirus on children and young people in care
14/04/20With information about the coronavirus everywhere at the moment, the Department for Child Protection’s Lead Psychiatric Director Dr Prue McEvoy has explained some of the impacts it's having on children and young people in care, and carers in this short Q and A.
Department for Child Protection
https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au
30 May 2020 10:03 am