Source: Government pledges 10,000 new foster care places in England – BBC News
Fostering rules will be relaxed and red tape cut to create 10,000 new places for vulnerable children in England, the government says.
It will become easier for full-time workers to become foster carers under the plans and clearer guidelines are being drawn up to encourage people from diverse backgrounds to get involved.
The government says more young people are ending up in children’s homes rather than being placed with foster families because of a “critical shortage” of carers.
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