£25m boost to foster care support and recruitment from 2026-28
08-04-2025 11:35 via communitycare.co.uk

£25m boost to foster care support and recruitment from 2026-28

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.The government has committed £25m to boosting foster care recruitment and support in England from 2026-28.
The money was announced in the government’s spring statement last month, when the Treasury said it would be used to recruit a further 400 fostering households.
Further details were provided last week by children’s minister Janet Daby, in response to a written parliamen
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