FOSTER CARE MONTH!
Please join us for Foster Care month commencing on Tuesday September 1st, to celebrate the amazing job that our Foster Carers perform. We are asking staff and community members to join us in our awareness theme of ‘WEAR RAINBOW HAIR FOR FOSTER CARE’
As of the 1st of September, your friends and family can pick up free rainbow hair from our sponsors at the following locations: Ryan’s IGA (Mount Clear and Ballarat locations), The Good Guys, Price attack, 3BA, 99.9FM Voice and Pauline Dean’s Hair Styling and Beauty Therapy.
Please click on the link to see the our flyer- www.cafs.org.au/images/Rainbow Hair Poster1.jpg
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Foster Care (under 12's) & Adolescent Foster Care
CAFS Foster Care programs provides accommodation and support for children and young people from birth to 17 years.
Every night of every year, between 80-90 children and young people are being cared for by our carers located across the Southern Grampians region.
The overall goal of Foster Care is the reunification of children and young people with their own birth families. When it is safe to do so, many children and young people do return to the care of their birth families. Some young people move on to independent living; some young children move on to live with permanent carers through CAFS Adoption and Permanent Care program.
While children and young people reside in foster care they are well cared for and supported by thoroughly assessed and trained carers. When a child or young person is with a carer family, a CAFS worker is allocated to work with the child/young person and the carers to ensure the best outcomes are achieved from the placement experience.
Thinking of becoming a foster carer click here for more information.