Help improve the payment and financial support available to carers! The Australian Institute of Family Studies is doing a review of the payments and f...
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Enough is enough Carers are already volunteering their hearts and homes to provide care to young people who need them and the allowance rate is fallin...
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Foster Care Week 14th - 20th September 2025 Foster Care Week is an annual event held to express gratitude and raise awareness of the invaluable role o...
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Special General Meeting of the FCAV 2025 The FCAV Association Rules is a governing document that describes the Association's basic processes and struc...
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The Foster Care Association of Victoria (FCAV) is committed to promoting and protecting the interests and safety of children. We have zero tolerance f...
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The 2025 FCAV Foster Carer Snapshot Report , collected for March of 2025 indicates a continued decline of active carer household in Victoria. There ar...
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Foster Care Week is an annual event which celebrates and raises awareness about foster care and the wonderful people providing care to the children an...
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The FCAV invites agency and ACCO foster care staff to join us for a virtual chat with the FCAV CEO, Samantha Hauge and staff. Join us and other agency...
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The session will include: How FCAV can assist you in your role as a foster carer Provide tips and advice Answer any questions about the caring role Pr...
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The FCAV invites foster carers to join us online for a relaxed, social event to meet with the FCAV CEO, Samantha Hauge and staff. Have you had challen...
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What to expect: Using creative art and self-care practices, we invite you to: Express your unconscious thoughts, worries, and grief. Take a moment to ...
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The DFFH Care Support Help Desk staff provide tailored support to Foster and Kinship Carers where there is child protection involvement, and they are ...
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As carers, the children and young people in your family play a vital role and form key relationships for children and young people who come into your ...
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International Women's Day 2025 This International Women’s Day we join the call from Dr Lisa J. Griffiths https://www.ozchild.org.au/iwd2025-march-forw...
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The Foster Care Association of Victoria (FCAV) extends heartfelt congratulations to Liana Buchanan on her appointment as Deputy Commissioner of the In...
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This is information clarifies the distinction between federal and state references to "carers," particularly regarding care allowances, supports, and ...
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As an FCAV member you have access to free advocacy, support & information. Your membership is instrumental to our strength, ensuring a better Victorian system for our carers, children & young people.
The Foster Care Association of Victoria acknowledges the unceded sovereignty of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation on whose land we live and work. We acknowledge the continued connection to Country including lands cultural knowledges and their peoples and pay respect to Elders past and present. We are the united voice and advocate for all foster carers across Victoria and we aim to continually develop our knowledge and act with respect to First Nations sovereignty.
The Foster Care Association of Victoria (FCAV) is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission, with ABN 30747010099
