The Budget announcement has
corrected the long standing difference between the basic
Foster Care payments and Kinship payments to Whanau where
they step in to raise family members who can not be cared
for by the parents, say Grandparents raising Grandchildren
Trust NZ .
We are delighted that our collective voices
have at long last been heard, said the Trusts National
Convenor Diane Vivian. Disappointingly these wonderful
people who care for NZ’s most vulnerable have to wait for
10 months before this happens.
Children in NZ are still
better off in State care because of the add on extras via
clothing allowances etc, this accounts to an extra $2356.16
per year for a 14 year old in Foster
Care.
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