Foster care
Every day thousands of Queenslanders confirm their commitment to protecting Queensland's vulnerable children through their role of being a carer.
About foster and kinship care
- What is foster care?
- What is kinship care?
- Who needs care?
- Provisionally approved carers
- Specialist foster care
- Non family-based care
Becoming a carer
Blue card for carers
Carer training
Support for carers
- Carer handbook
- Federal Government allowances and benefits
- Foster and kinship care support line
- Foster and Kinship Carer Card
- Financial support
- Support care
- Support groups
Rights and responsibilities
Children and young people
- Transitioning from care
- Info kit for children and young people in care
- Children and Young People's Participation Strategy
Case planning for a child in care
- Child Health Passport
- Children with disabilities
- Education Support Plan
- Family contact and reunification
- Long-term guardianship
- Placement Agreements
- Transition from care
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Regulation of care
Contacts
- Community foster care agencies
- Indigenous foster care agencies
- Peak bodies and advocacy groups
- Foster and Kinship Carer Card contacts
Library
- Last updated
- 17 July 2009

