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Great to get official confirmation today from @Tusla about young people in care & care leavers during this #COVID19 pandemic:
All those turning 18 including those seeking international protection where placements are ending will be supported to remind until the 30th of June!
All those turning 18 including those seeking international protection where placements are ending will be supported to remind until the 30th of June!
> This includes Residential & Foster care placements.
> If a foster carer agrees to continue to provide a placement for the young adult, the fostering allowance will be administered to the carer, irrespective of whether or not the young adult is in education/training.
> If a foster carer agrees to continue to provide a placement for the young adult, the fostering allowance will be administered to the carer, irrespective of whether or not the young adult is in education/training.
>This will be paid at the fostering rate and will continue until the 30th June 2020.
>In Residential children centres - Statements of purpose & function will be temporarily amended.
>In Residential children centres - Statements of purpose & function will be temporarily amended.
Young people engaged in Education/ Training where disruption has occurred will not be adversely affected & will be supported again at a later date. The aftercare allowance will be extended until 30th of June to those turning 21 or 23 respectively where it was set to end.
Those leaving Special Care will be given Maximum support.
As someone who spent 9 years in Residential Care as a child & further time in supported loggings I know at this unprecedented time it would raise my anxieties & worries. These decisions will really make a positive difference at this time,
& are in the very best interests of young people. @tusla & @BernardGloster must be highly complimented.
Likewise, those Foster carers, social workers, social care workers & aftercare workers who are very much the unsung heroes.
Likewise, those Foster carers, social workers, social care workers & aftercare workers who are very much the unsung heroes.
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