Children in kinship care: what determines legal status and support?
Children in kinship care: what determines legal status and support? - Project
Project overview
The project, led by Family Rights Group Limited (FRG) in partnership with the University ofOxford, aims to discover the factors that affect the levels of support available in kinshipplacements and the changes in law, policy and practice that are required to improve the well-beingof children in kinship care. Currently the only children entitled to government support are thesmall minority whose relatives are approved foster carers. Carers may be unaware of their legaloptions.