Read our news updates to find out about our latest views, work and developments.
In response to the uncertainty of funding for the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) beyond 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption and Permanence (APPG) has conducted an inquiry looking at the future of support, and this week published a report, Investing in Families, summarising its findings and proposing a number of changes to the fund.
Updated information and fee levels.
As a result of continuing challenges to our resources, we have with great regret decided that we can no longer initiate Private Fostering Week.
The DfE has published statistics on outcomes for children previously looked after by local authorities over a 12 month continuous period as of 31 March 2018.
CoramBAAF and Coram Children’s Legal Centre have provided evidence on current practice in kinship care assessments and recommendations for improvements to the cross-party Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care. The Taskforce was launched in December 2018 to raise awareness about, and support for, children in kinship care, and will produce a report with recommendations from the sector by autumn 2019.
The 1980s saw the start of significant developments in family finding for black children in public care in England. Following the publication of John Simmonds’ discussion paper on the importance of identity, it seemed timely to catch up with some of the pioneering social workers who identified and championed new approaches, revisit the work they did and consider what we can learn for work today. This article, written by Savita de Sousa, is based on interviews with black social workers involved in these developments over the years.
CoramBAAF and CCLC have co-signed a letter to Sajid Javid calling on him to introduce independent legal guardians to support all separated and trafficked children and not just those suspected as victims of modern slavery. It follows the publication of the third interim report on child trafficking advocates, as part of the review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
The government announces interim funding for the Adoption Support Fund beyond March 2020 while it's future is decided in this year's spending review.
CoramBAAF’s Director of Policy, Research and Development, Dr John Simmonds OBE gave a presentation on Tuesday in Brussels on the state of adoption in the UK and what impact technology has had.
One of the commitments made by DfE in Fostering Better Outcomes was to offer seed-funding to fostering partnerships in order to develop proposals for improving commissioning and sufficiency planning. With support from the National Stability Forum, the department is providing a total of £500k in seed-funding, which local authorities and their partners are invited to bid to access in order to carry out feasibility studies into proposals to improve foster care in their region.
You can also keep up to date by by signing up to our newsletter or join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
For all media enquiries please contact the Coram press office.
