On Thursday 3 April NSW Government announced it had ended unaccredited emergency accommodation to for vulnerable children in out-of-home care.
Communities and service providers hope the changes will improve outcomes for young children in the system, including those in smaller and remote communities across the western plains which are also struggling with ongoing workforce shortages.
The recruitment of foster carers was outsourced 10 years ago and an acute shortage of foster carers led to the over-use of high-cost emergency arrangements such as alternative care arrangements (ACAs)…