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IIndigenous carerAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations with specialistinterest in caring for children 39Shane, Aboriginal carer 38Indigenous care support. See your state or territory pages forfurther informationIndigenous kidsJennie, birth child of foster carers 14Informal care and Family Tax Benefit 21Inside journey through foster care 16Isolated Children, Assistance 32JJennie,birth child of foster carers 14LLarge Family Supplement 32Laurel, Jennie’s Mum 15Legal Aid 29Access to 29Alternate sources 29Legal support. See your state or territory pages for furtherinformationMMaternity Immunisation Allowance 24Maternity Payment 24Matthew, young person in care 41McIntosh, Dr Jennifer 16Medicare cards 33Multilingual servicesCentrelink access number 8Family Assistance Office access number 8Multiple Birth Allowance 24NNewstart Allowance 35New South WalesFoster Care Association (NSW) Inc. 49Support information 48Northern TerritoryFoster Care NT Inc. 51support information 50OOngoing care, and Family Tax Benefit 22Organising foster children’s passports 27Overseas travel 27PParenting Payment 35Parenting support. See your state or territory pages for furtherinformationParticipation requirements and foster carers 10Passports for foster children 27Consent requirements for children’s passports 27Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 33Placement support. See your state or territory pages for furtherinformationQQueenslandFoster Care Queensland Inc 53Support information 52R‘Registered and active’ foster carers 11Automatic exemptions 12Carers not considered registered and active 11Documents needed by Centrelink 12, 13Requirements 11Rapp Care Song - Kerry Kemp 45Recruitment. See your state or territory pages for further information66Roles of Australian governments 6Roles of state and territory governments 6SSA Aboriginal Family Support Services (South Australia) 39Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care(SNAICC) 39Shane, Aboriginal carer 38South AustraliaConnecting Foster Carers - South Australia Inc. 56Support information 54Stories of foster care. See Foster care storiesSummary table of Government payments and allowances 7Support for young people. See your state or territory pages forfurther informationTTamara, my foster Mum was amazing 30TasmaniaFoster Carers Association of Tasmania Inc. 58Support information 57Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (Tasmania) 39Temporary and short term care and Family Tax Benefit 21Thorpe, Professor Ros 19TILA. See Transition to Independent Living AllowanceTraining. See your state or territory pages for further informationTransition to Independent Living Allowance 42administering organisations 43How to apply 42TTYCentrelink access number 8Family Assistance Office access number 8VVictoriaFoster Care Association of Victoria Inc. 61Support information 59Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) 39WWelfare to Work 10and foster carers 10and Newstart Allowance 10and Parenting Payment 10Arrangements for people on Parenting Payment 10Documents needed by Centrelink to register as an active fostercarer 12Moving, or living, interstate 12participation requirements for foster carers 10Western AustraliaFoster Care Association of Western Australia Inc. 64Support information 62Williams, Sharron 23Work requirement exemptionAre exemptions renewable? 12Rules for carers who move interstate 12YYorganop Childcare Aboriginal Corporation (Western Australia)39Youth Allowance 44
FeedbackThis publication is the first national publication of its kind in Australia. We hope ithas provided information that you as carers or supporters in the foster care sectorfind useful, interesting and encouraging.If you• think the publication was a good idea and has been helpful, or• have suggestions to make about how else to inform foster carers about thesupport that they can obtain, or• have stories to offer, or• think there is a need to provide further information of this kind,please let us know with an email to AFCAHandbook@bigpond.comIf you would also be prepared to answer any further questions, please provide yourcontact details with your other comments.AcknowledgementsAustralian Government agencies:Attorney-General’s DepartmentCentrelinkDepartment of Education, Science and TrainingDepartment of Employment and Workplace RelationsDepartment of Families, Community Services and Indigenous AffairsAustralian Taxation OfficeDepartment of Foreign Affairs and TradeMedicare AustraliaState and Territory government agencies:Australian Capital Territory: Office for Children,Youth and Family SupportNorthern Territory: Department of Health and Community ServicesNew South Wales: Department of Community ServicesQueensland: Department of Child SafetySouth Australia: Department for Families and Communities (Families SA)Tasmania: Department of Health and Human ServicesVictoria: Department of Human Services (Office for Children)Western Australia: Department for Community DevelopmentAnn Arnold, a journalist who specialises in social issuesArthur Mostead AM, Photography & DesignAustralian Foster Care Association Inc. and foster care associations in each state and territoryBev Orr, Immediate Past President, Australian Foster Care Association Inc.Dance Program, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (Dancegroup photograph)Dr Jennifer McIntosh, child clinical psychologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at La Trobe University and AssociateSenior Lecturer at the University of MelbourneDr Ross Gurney, Project Manager, Better Enterprises Pty LtdFotosearch Stock Photography and Stock Footage (Royalty Free Images), Publitek, Inc. dba Fotosearch, 21155Watertown Road, Waukesha, WI 53186-1898 USA for royalty-free images throughoutHandbook steering committee comprised of representatives of the Australian Government and state and territorygovernments, foster care associations, non-government agencies, the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and IslanderChild Care, and CreateJohn Byrne, cartoonist and author of How to get an Agent available at www.getmemyagent.comKatie Pring, a young Aboriginal carer and artistKerry Kemp and the Department of Community Development (WA) Rapp Care SongNational Capital PrintingProfessor Ros Thorpe, Professor of Social Work and Community Welfare, James Cook University and Chief Investigator,Mackay/Whitsunday Foster Care Research ProjectProject officers for the Community and Disability Services Ministers’ Advisory Council (CDSMAC) Foster Care WorkingGroupSecretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)Sharron Williams, Executive Officer of Aboriginal Family Support Services, South AustraliaThe people from around Australia who shared their true experiences in the stories, and the children and young peoplethe excerpts of whose tributes to their foster carers have also been included67
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ContentsPreface 5Roles of the Austr
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Message from the MinisterChildren a
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Australian Government payments anda
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Carer AllowanceCarer PaymentCarer P
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Page 15 and 16: Laurel,LaurelJennie’s MumNone of
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Page 19 and 20: Defining featuresof Australian fost
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Page 23 and 24: Caring forIndigenous kidsMore foste
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Page 27 and 28: Organising foster children’s pass
Page 29 and 30: Accessing Legal AidPeople seeking l
Page 31 and 32: ClaireClaire, former child in careI
Page 33 and 34: Foster children and Medicare cardsT
Page 35 and 36: threshold of $500 in a calendar yea
Page 37 and 38: The importance of maintaining links
Page 39 and 40: ABSTUDYABSTUDY is available to Abor
Page 41 and 42: MatthewMatthew, young person in car
Page 43 and 44: Transition to Independent Living Al
Page 45 and 46: Rapp Care Song - Kerry KempWhat doe
Page 47 and 48: • Galilee Family Placement Scheme
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Page 63 and 64: progressing a qualification for fos
Page 65: IndexAAboriginal and Torres Strait
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