New research from national charity Family Rights Group has found that a third of local authorities are failing in their obligation to set out what support they will provide to kinship families, in a published local kinship care policy. Over half have also failed to name a senior manager with responsibility for its implementation.
The charity is now calling on the government to regulate, to strengthen these requirements on local authorities. We are also calling for this to be backed up with a national kinship financial allowance, improved employment rights for kinship carers and funding so children in kinship care who need therapeutic support can access it.
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