Ensuring First Nations siblings remain in contact must also be a priority, former Victorian Aboriginal children’s commissioner says
Victoria’s former Aboriginal children’s commissioner has called for increased allowances for kinship and foster carers in a bid to increase the pool of First Nations people looking after children in out-of-home care, and ensuring they remain connected to culture.
“When children cannot be placed with family they should be placed with people within our community,” he said.Jackomos said increasing remuneration was one way to incentivise more First Nations people to become carers and ensure Indigenous children separated from their families could remain connected to their culture.
A 2019 report commissioned by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing found 56% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were placed with a non-Aboriginal carer, and more than half were separated from their siblings. A Victorian government spokesperson said the government acknowledged the “critical and significant role of carers”.
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