❓ Hon Stephen Dawson asks about the average cost of providing care to children in foster care and group homes, and the support provided to foster carers. The response provides some cost data but states that some information is unavailable and support value cannot be quantified.
AnsweredQoN 3166Legislative Council
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I refer to children in care, and I ask: (a) what was the average cost of providing care to a child in foster care, per year, for the following periods: (i) 2014-2015; (ii) 2013-2014; and (iii) 2012-2013; (b) what was the average cost of providing care to a child in a group home, per year, for the following periods: (i) 2014-2015; (ii) 2013-2014; and (iii) 2012-2013; (c) which organisations, including the Department for Child Protection and Family Support, coordinate foster care placements; and (d) what is the daily value of support provided to foster carers from each of the organisations listed in (c).?
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Answered
13 August 2015
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
92 days
(a) The estimated average cost per day of a foster care arrangement is:
(i) $123 per day.
(ii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(iii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(b) The estimated average cost per day of a residential care arrangement is:
(i) $1,236 per day.
(ii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(iii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(c) The Department for Child Protection and Family Support coordinates foster care arrangements which include general foster carers and relative foster carers. Children and young people in care may be placed with foster carers either approved by the Department or approved by community sector organisations who are funded by the Department to provide foster care placements.
(d) The daily value of support to foster carers cannot be quantified.
(i) $123 per day.
(ii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(iii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(b) The estimated average cost per day of a residential care arrangement is:
(i) $1,236 per day.
(ii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(iii) Not available, new measure from 2014-15.
(c) The Department for Child Protection and Family Support coordinates foster care arrangements which include general foster carers and relative foster carers. Children and young people in care may be placed with foster carers either approved by the Department or approved by community sector organisations who are funded by the Department to provide foster care placements.
(d) The daily value of support to foster carers cannot be quantified.
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