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FCAV sees Foster Care Week as a time to thank and celebrate our amazing foster carers, but also as a time to raise critical foster care advocacy. Foster care is reaching a crisis point with a dwindling pool of carers and a growing list of the reasons why carers are exiting the system. Some of the key factors causing carer dissatisfaction have been brought to light through media and advocacy this foster care week 2022. Read more...

Support to LGBTIQ+ Youth in Care Services Read more...

See below the 2022 Foster Care Week Calendar. Read more...

As we look forward to Foster Care Week in September, we invited members to come forward and share what they valued most about being a foster carer; what support and services they recommend and their best tips for other foster carers. Thank you to the below foster carers who have allowed us a glimpse into their remarkable lives.  Read more...

We are conducting the Commitment to Supporting Carer Awards again this year following the success of the first awards last year.Read more...

Foster Care Week is an annual event which celebrates and raises awareness about foster care in the care services sector and within the wider community. The events and celebrations held during foster care week aim to highlight and appreciate our valuable pool of foster carers and the contribution they make to the lives of vulnerable children and young people in our community.Read more...

Foster Care Week is an annual event which celebrates and raises awareness about foster care in the care services sector and within the wider community. The events and celebrations held during foster care week aim to highlight and appreciate our valuable pool of foster carers and the contribution they make to the lives of vulnerable children and young people in our community.Read more...

Foster Care Association of Victoria Notice of 2022 Carer Celebration & Annual General MeetingRead more...

The TAC L2P Program assists learners under 21 years of age to gain the 120 hours driving experience required to test for their P’s.Read more...

The FCAV advanced priority carer issues in June through profile-raising articles and interviews in the media and through liaison and collaboration across the sector.Read more...

Hold My hand is training which recognises the wonderful support biological and permanent care children and young people of carers provide to their parents who provide foster and kinship care.Read more...

Cultural Day Read more...