Caregiver Rates
Caregiver Rates
2009 - 2010 Caregiver Reimbursement Rates
Home Based Care/Adolescent Community Placement General Caregiver Reimbursements
Foster Care, Kinship Care, Permanent Care and Local Adoption
| HBC General / |
Age | Annual Rates | Fortnightly Rates |
| ACP General | 0-7 | 6,681.00 | 256.08 |
| |
8-10 | 6,976.80 | 267.43 |
| |
11-12 | 7,925.40 | 303.76 |
| |
13+ | 10,687.56 | 409.67 |
Please Note: New Placement Loading
$51.84 per new placement will be paid for up to 6 months within each placement.
New Placement Loading is only applicable to Foster Care, Permanent Care, Kinship Care and Adolescent Community Placement
Home Based Care / Adolescent Intensive & Home Based Care / Adolescent Complex Caregiver Reimbursements
| HBC Intensive / |
Annual Rates | Fortnightly Rates | |||
| ACP Intensive | Age | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 0-7 | 8,072.28 | 10,807.92 | 309.40 | 414.27 | |
| 8-10 | 8,850.54 | 11,755.50 | 339.26 | 450.61 | |
| 11-12 | 10,631.46 | 14,194.32 | 407.49 | 544.05 | |
| 13+ | 14,936.88 | 19,920.60 | 572.53 | 763.57 | |
| HBC Complex / ACP Complex |
Age | Annual Rates | Fortnightly Rates |
| Non High Risk | n/a |
21,601.00 |
827.96 |
|
HBC Complex/ |
Age |
Annual Rates | Fortnightly Rates |
| ACP Complex | n/a |
30,255.00 |
1,159.67 |
| High Risk | n/a |
33,760.00 |
1,294.02 |
Therapeutic Foster Care - Circle Program
|
TFC |
Age |
Annual Rates | Fortnightly Rates |
| 0-7 |
10,808.00 |
519.23 |
|
| 8-10 |
11,756.00 |
555.57 | |
| 11-12 |
14,194.00 |
649.01 |
|
| 13+ |
19,921.00 |
868.53 |
For more information, call the Caregiver Reimbursement Helpdesk at 1300-552-319.
This phone number is for any Foster, Permanent or Kinship carers, Statutory or Non-Statutory, and for any workers to call directly. Whilst foster carers can usually have queries answered and support provided to them via their Community Service Organisation, sometimes both carers and workers need to find out some quick or specific information about the nature of their caregiver reimbursements.
Helpdesk staff can answer your questions about when your payments are starting, when they will cease, whether they are correct, any money owed to you or to DHS, information about back pay, indexation and any special or additional allowances, such as Education and Medical allowance.
The Helpdesk is staffed by DHS carer reimbursement team staff. Helpdesk staff are not part of the Victorian Child Protection program and will not be able to discuss Child Protection related issues.
Our Purpose
The Association is established for the public charitable purposes of advancing and promoting the care of children and young people who are fostered or are in other forms of home based care including encouraging contact and exchange of ideas and information between those persons involved in foster care.
Our Vision
For all children in care to be cherished, connected and treated with compassion.
Our Mission
To strengthen foster families and enhance the wellbeing of the children in their care.
Upcoming Events
| Free Seminar and Information: Voice & Movement for Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger's Syndrome Thu, 11th Mar, 2010 |
| Workshop: Developing National Standards for Out of Home Care Thu, 18th Mar, 2010 |
| Workshop: Developing National Standards for Out of Home Care Fri, 19th Mar, 2010 |
