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In the news
10% drop in mainstream foster care household numbers since 2021 CommunityCare 13 November 2024
Leaders want say in Ofsted’s move to narrative inspection judgments Children & Young People Now 24 September 2024
Ofsted names social care and early years leaders to advise on inspection reform Children & Young People Now 12 September 2024
Inspections Clinic: Independent fostering agencies Children & Young People Now 1 August 2024
Senned: Wales 'sleepwalking into disaster' for vulnerable children' Deeside.com 30 June 2024
'Wales sleepwalking into disaster for vulnerable children' Senned warned Wrexham.com 30 June 2024
Wales sleepwalking into disaster for vulnerable children Caerphilly Observer 28 June 2024
Episode seven: Election discussion; Oasis Restore; care commissioning CYP Now Podcast 4 June 2024
The Big Debate: Can regional care co-operatives solve the placement shortage? Children & Young People Now 1 June 2024
Your voice where it matters at the NAFP Parliamentary Day Adoption Arena 31 May 2024
Foster care in crisis: Government allowance is no longer enough to raise a child The Lead 5 March 2024

Number of foster care households shrinks for second consecutive year CommunityCare 14 November 2023
The big debate: will regional commissioning improve sufficiency and efficiency of places? Children & Young People Now 30 May 2023
Councils referring more children from residential to foster care, report agencies CommunityCare 8 March 2023
Independent agencies report rise in complexity of foster children's needs Children & Young People Now 6 March 2023
Conflicted over commissioning Children & Young People Now 28 February 2023
Are regional care co-operatives the answer to care placement challenge? CommunityCare 20 February 2023

One in eight fostering households quit last year, finds Ofsted CommunityCare 25 November 2022
Welsh Government consulting on eliminating profit-making provision for children in care CommunityCare 22 August 2022
Fostering Change Podcast: Harvey Gallagher - Campaigning for youth in foster care and foster agencies 9 August 2022
Half of foster carers considering quitting due to cost of living crisis, finds survey CommunityCare 2 August 2022
Commissioning care: policy context Children & Young People Now 21 June 2022
Regional care commissioning ‘risks greater costs, bureaucracy and remote decision making’ CommunityCare 31 May 2022
Foster carers feel ‘cut adrift’ by social workers when facing allegations CommunityCare 5 May 2022
Should – and could – councils reduce their reliance on independent fostering agencies? CommunityCare 22 April 2022
More foster care should be state run, says UK competition regulator Financial Times 10 March 2022
‘Dysfunctional’ care market needs overhaul to tackle high prices and scarce placements, says watchdog CommunityCare 10 March 2022
Foster Carer Finances BBC Radio 4 Money Box 2 February 2022
Foster care: policy context Children & Young People Now 1 February 2022
Incentive payments: sector split over ethics and effectiveness Children & Young People Now 1 February 2022

Better relationships with children’s social workers ‘key to tackling foster carer crisis’ CommunityCare 7 December 2021
Fostering system at risk of reaching ‘breaking point’, warns Ofsted CommunityCare 17 November 2021
‘Limit profit-making from children’s services or risk cartel’, directors urge Community Care 17 November 2021
Profits for big children’s care providers ‘higher than expected’, says competition watchdog CommunityCare 22 October 2021
Directors urge ‘dismantling’ of children’s social care market in face of ‘immoral’ fees Community Care 30 July 2021
‘He sets the lonely in families’ - the rise of Christian adoption Premier Christianity 30 Jun 2021
A change of direction The Municipal Journal 8 June 2021
The reports and investigations set to shape direction of Care Review Children & Young People Now 30 March 2021
Letters to the editor Children & Young People Now 30 March 2021
Competition and Markets Authority launches probe into children's home and fostering markets CommunityCare 12 March 2021