As the new year approaches, the NSW Government is asking the community to give a brighter future to a child in need by becoming a foster carer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, there are 480 children living in emergency placements because there aren\u2019t enough foster carers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency placements include hotels, motels and caravan parks where children are looked after by shift workers 24\/7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government relies on foster carers to provide support to some of the 15,000 children in out-of-home care in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without additional community support, more vulnerable children will end up in emergency living placements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many types of fostering arrangements available, including short-term emergency and long-term care options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carers receive training, support and an allowance to help them throughout their care journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To learn more about becoming an authorised carer with a non-government organisation visit myforeverfamily.orglaunch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more about becoming an emergency foster carer with DCJ email fosteringwithdcj@dcj.nsw.gov.aulaunch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Families and Communities and Minister for Disability Inclusion Kate Washington said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRight now, there are 480 vulnerable children living in emergency care arrangements, including hotels and motels, with 24\/7 shift workers, because there aren\u2019t enough foster carers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWithout loved ones or somewhere safe to call home, just think what Christmas will be like for these kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAcross NSW, there are many wonderful foster carers putting up a Christmas tree with the young people in their lives, but we desperately need more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is no better gift that anyone could give than a safe place to call home, especially to children who\u2019ve seen the worst and need it the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you\u2019re wondering how you can make a difference in the new year, please consider becoming a foster carer and giving a brighter future to a child in need.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the new year approaches, the NSW Government is asking the community to give a brighter future to a child in need by becoming a foster carer. Currently, there are 480 children living in emergency placements because there aren\u2019t enough foster carers. Emergency placements include hotels, motels and caravan parks where children are looked after … Continue reading “The best Christmas gift you can give”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24622,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24621\/revisions\/24622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}