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Foster carers in Victoria receive just $231 per week – one quarter the cost of caring for a child

Exclusive: Report by Australian Institute of Family Studies found payments to foster carers fall ‘significantly short of a meaningful contribution’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Louise Black has seen the good and the bad sides of out-of-home care. Foster caring was common among the Catholic community in south-east Melbourne in which she grew up. The family over the…

Foster carers in Victoria receive just $231 per week – one quarter the cost of caring for a child

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