Foster Care Is Important for Children and Young People

The number of children and young people who were being referred to us for foster placements has increased by 25% in the last 12 months. But at the same time, what we've seen is this reduction in foster curres. And so there are children who might be waiting longer for foster care,. They might e accessing things like short breaks ian't care while they're waiting for a longer term and foster placement. We tailor the support as well, i think, for the carer in that sense, as well as ind for the child. So timely am foster care is really important for children, to provide that stability.