Families for Children, which has placed more than 700 children with adoptive families, said “the effects of the development of RAAs and the year-on-year reduction in the number of children who are receiving adoption as their permanency plan” have played key factors in its closure.
“Fewer children have been available from local authorities to place with families and many RAAs have sought to minimise external placements, which has meant that fewer children are placed with VAAs even though children who wait the longest are still waiting to be placed,” according to a statement from Families for Children.
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