Kin 4 Kids Tasmania
Raising Grandchildren: Susan Fahey says informal grandparent carers need help. March 8 – 2019.
Article by Isabel Bird – The Examiner. Raising Grandchildren: Susan Fahey says informal grandparent carers need help. Informal grandparent carers need free legal help from the government to confirm legal status as carers of their grandchildren, Read more…
Kin 4 Kids Tasmania
Raising Grandchildren – story from the Examiner newspaper
MARCH 5 2019 – 4:30AM Raising Grandchildren series | Part 2 Story by Isabel Bird The Examiner newspaper. Grandparent families in Australia are mostly retired, single grandmothers, living on pensions. Raising Grandchildren Read more…
Kin 4 Kids Tasmania
Call to better resource kinship carers – Opinion article – Mark Morrissey
Children and young people in kinship care. At times Tasmanian children and young people are unable to remain in the care of their parents. The reasons are varied and can include parents who suffer mental Read more…
Kin 4 Kids Tasmania
A call to better support grandparents and kinship carers.
Grandparents and kin who raise grandchildren. https://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/talking-point-lend-a-hand-to-grandparents-raising-our-next-generation/news-story/d5bf24a1d4fba86d8d81e87e73bf5487 Imagine that you are about to commence your long-awaited and well-earned retirement. Maybe you have plans to take that extended road trip around Australia. Or catch up on Read more…
Kin 4 Kids Tasmania
Results of Kin Raising Kids survey of carer needs.
(Analysis at 19/10/2017) To date 25 separate responses have been received from 22 grandparent carer families. These 22 carer families between them are responsible for the welfare of 44 children between the ages of 6 Read more…
Kin 4 Kids Tasmania
Our mission, vision and aspirations.
Mission Statement: To encourage and support kinship carers, including grandparents raising grandchildren, who are the primary carers of diverse family and kin. The group offers peer support, advocacy, information and referral services to member kinship Read more…