Campaigners have listed areas where the government’s forthcoming National Kinship Care strategy needs to improve the lives of kinship care families, where family and friends look after children who can’t stay at home. Three trailblazer councils to pilot MacAlister's ‘families first’ plan. Disparity between the discharge of care orders in England and Wales. It is estimated that 180,000 children, who would otherwise by in foster or residential homes, are being raised by kinship carers, according to Family Rights Group (FRG), which has made the recommendations to ministers. Being called for is better access to educational support for children and young people in kinship care up to the age of 25. . https://lnkd.in/eGTMKRmX . #kinshipCaring #families #parenting #childrensMentalHealth
