Concerns have been raised that kinship carers, who look after children through a private arrangement, rather than through a children's hearing placement, will miss out on allowances.
Barbara Hudson, the British Association for Adoption & Fostering's Scotland director, said: "The strategy aims to make financial allowances, which are equivalent to fostering allowances, available to those looking after a child when there are concerns leading to a child being accommodated. That's not all the children in kinship care."
She added: "The strategy will benefit children who are looked after by relatives because they have been to a children's hearing. But sometimes people get into kinship arrangements without going through that process."
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