NSW Dept. Communities and Justice
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Out-of-home care is provided to children and young people who are unable to live with their own families. Foster carers take on the responsibilities of a parent for a period of time, to provide a safe family environment for children and young people needing care.
Children and young people may be placed in out-of-home care for many reasons.
Care is usually provided by foster carers but can also be in residential care homes and sometimes other arrangements. All of this care is called out-of-home care and is regulated by the Office of the Children's Guardian. We have standards of care that agencies providing or supervising care are required to meet.
The standards include that children remain connected to significant people and places in their lives.
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Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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The NSW Government is committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and their families with better laws, policies, systems and practices. To achieve this, there must be consistent and reliable information about longitudinal out-of-home care outcomes. Out-of-home care is provided to children and young people who are …
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