The Finding Families program brings together a team of seven senior placement officers dedicated to identifying safe, secure and sustainable family placements with kin or community, for children and young people currently living in residential care.

It is well-evidenced that children and young people who grow up in a family environment, experience significantly better life outcomes than those children and young people living in long-term residential care.

The aim of Finding Families is to give more children and young people in contact with the child protection and family support system an opportunity to grow up in a nurturing and loving environment with their kin or community.

Finding Families will prioritise children aged 10 and under, including sibling groups, as well as Aboriginal children and young people who are over-represented in the child protection and family support system.

The program will be made up of three teams including a general team, an Aboriginal-specific partnership with KWY Aboriginal Corporation to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families and staff with multicultural expertise focused on children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

All children and young people deserve safe, loving and nurturing homes and more broadly, beyond Finding Families, there is always a need for people willing to open their hearts and homes as foster carers. Find out more about this at www.fostercare.sa.gov.au

If you have an enquiry relating to Finding Families or becoming a carer, please contact DCPfindingfamiliesenquiries@sa.gov.au

Read this Finding Families information sheet to find out more.