However, other forms of long-term care continue to offer thousands of children the permanence and stability they need while they are unable to live with their parents.
While the controversial publication of league tables ranking local authorities against 15 indicators for children in care showed adoptions fell between 2010 and 2011, they also revealed that residence and special guardianship orders, often used by relatives or friend carers, had increased, according to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services.
But two leading support groups are warning that councils are scaling back the support they offer kinship carers.
The Grandparents Association has reported a 20 per cent increase in calls from kinship carers to its financial and benefits helpline since last April.
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