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DfE suggests 'exemption' from foster carer assessments

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  • Monday, October 17, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Councils could use controversial new powers allowing them to be exempted from children's social care legislation in order to streamline checks on potential foster carers, the Department for Education has suggested.

DfE places emergency limits on adoption support

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  • Thursday, October 6, 2016
    • | CYP Now
The amount of money families with adopted children will be able to claim for therapeutic support is being capped with immediate effect due to unexpected levels of demand, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.

DfE announces increased funding for Staying Put

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  • Wednesday, March 16, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Local authorities are set to receive a total of £22.2m this year to cover the cost of allowing young people to remain in foster care placements until their 21st birthday, it has been announced.

Timpson names councils with low Staying Put take-up

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  • Tuesday, February 2, 2016
    • | CYP Now
There are at least five local authorities in England where no young people in foster care have remained in their placement past the age of 18 during the last year, children's minister Edward Timpson has revealed.

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