Out-of-home care, foster care, relative and kinship care publications

A program to ensure that Children and Young People entering statutory Out of Home Care have their health needs identified and health plans developed to meet those needs.

The purpose of this policy is to provide clear guidelines regarding the addition of new providers to the Casework Support Scheme (CSS) panel of approved providers (panel).

This checklist describes to service providers the reporting requirements for completing the Quarterly TEP Report to the Child and Family District Units (CFDUs) for reimbursement of TEP money paid to eligible carers.

Detailed PSP Short Term Court Order (STCO) restoration process

Detailed PSP Short Term Court Order (STCO) guardianship process (case-managed by service provider)

Detailed PSP exiting out-of-home-care Permanency Pathway process

Detailed out-of-home-care adoption process (case-managed by service provider)

This publication is to be read in conjunction with Wulczyn, F., Collins, L., Chen, L. and Huhr, S. (2017). Statistical Power, Selection Bias, and Non-response Correction.

Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study diagram of study cohorts and the tracked sample

Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study Brochure for caregivers participating in the study