Kinship Care links

Links to services, organisations and facilities providing support


Link up http://www.linkupnsw.org.au/
Link up is an Aboriginal organization set up to connect families from stolen generations and keep families together
The Foster Care Association (NSW) http://www.fcansw.org.au/
Works to support and strengthen foster carers in New South Wales

Mirabel Foundation http://www.mirabelfoundation.org.au/
provides support for children who have been orphaned or abandoned and are now in the care of extended family.

Grandparents raising grandchildren http://www.raisinggrandchildren.com.au/
a New South Wales-based website that provides information and advice for grandparent carers.

Raising children network http://raisingchildren.net.au/
provides information to parents to give them the power to make informed choices about how they raise their children

Department of Human Services http://www.humanservices.gov.au/
the department brings together six agencies that collectively aim to improve the delivery of relevant  health and welfare services to all Australians.

Child Support Agency http://www.csa.gov.au/
ensures the children of separated parents receive financial support from both parents.
Medicare Australia http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/
delivers health payments, services and information such as Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the Australian Organ Donor Register and the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.

Family Assistance Office http://www.familyassist.gov.au/
delivers payments and services to assist families with the cost of raising children.

Centrelink http:/www.centrelink.gov.au/
delivers a wide range of payments and services to the Australian community.