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19 November 2024
2025 Carer Allowance Rates
Please find below the Carer Allowance Rates for 2025
7 November 2024
Assessment Officer Position Available
Come and join the QFKC Team and be part of the first Regional Recruitment, training and assessment team in...
22 July 2024
QFKC Submission - Child Safe Organisations Bill 2024
The following submissions are made on behalf of Queensland Foster and Kinship Care (QFKC), the Peak body for Foster...
12 June 2024
Extended Post Care Support
In June 2022, the Queensland Government announced a funding commitment for young adults leaving care to ensure they...
8 February 2023
Amendments to the Child Protection Act 1999
Amendments have been passed to the Child Protection Act 1999 that will reinforce children’s rights; strengthen...
4 May 2021
Respecting and Protecting Human Rights
As a foster or kinship carer, your actions and decisions can impact the human rights of the child you care for. There...
27 April 2021
National Redress Scheme
The National Redress Scheme (the Scheme) helps people who experienced institutional child sexual abuse gain access to...
10 July 2020
Smoke alarm installation project
If you are an approved foster or kinship carer providing full-time or respite care, and you own your own dwelling,...
7 July 2020
Returning to Foster Caring
Are you a former foster carer considering returning to caring? If you’re a former foster carer considering returning,...
11 June 2020
QFKC Legal Service
Queensland Foster and Kinship Care and Hub Community Legal are partnering to deliver a number of specific legal...
20 February 2019
Extension to Carer Allowance
Palaszczuk Government extends foster carer allowance Foster and kinship carers looking after some of the Queensland’s...
27 June 2018
New Australian Government Child Care Subsidy
Information for foster and kinship carers and foster and kinship care agencies New Child Care Subsidy for Australian...