Financial support
As an adoptive parent in England you are entitled to a range of financial support to help meet the specific needs of your child. They include: Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund – funding for therapeutic services to help achieve a range of positive outcomes for you and your family. Adoption leave and pay when your child is placed […]
Success story: Baby Amy
Concurrent Planning carers made sure Baby Amy didn’t drift in the care system. She was born into a home where substance misuse by her parents threatened her safety and well-being, leading her to be removed at birth from her family by the courts. The local authority responsible for finding suitable care for Amy had recently […]
Priority housing for approved adopters
Approved adopters may be entitled to priority access to council housing – this will depend on the individual Local Authorities housing policy. You would need to make enquiries with the Housing Department in your local authority to establish what the policy is. You can however refer to the guidance below when making a case for […]
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Q&A for local authorities
Applications How does a local authority make an application to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund? Applications can be made via the online portal on the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund website at www.gov.uk/guidance/adoption-support-fund-asf. The site includes guidance notes as well as completed anonymised examples. I have some questions, who should I contact? Local […]
Early Years Pupil Premium: Pre-school support funding
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) is additional funding for early years pre-school settings to improve the education they provide for disadvantaged 3- and 4 year-olds including, but not restricted to, those adopted from care. The funding goes directly to registered early years providers (including pre-schools, nurseries and childminders) that offer children the free early education […]
Thinking of adopting again?
Many adopters who have experienced the joys of helping a child to settle into their family wish to adopt again. There are many reasons for wanting to welcome another child into the family and adoptive parents will want to consider how this will affect them and the children already in their family. There is also […]
Adoption Leave and Pay
Employed adopters are usually entitled to adoption leave and may be entitled to adoption pay, which is a legal right. Some employers may offer a more generous scheme than the statutory one, but they cannot offer less than the statutory amounts. Statutory Adoption Leave Adopters who are employed (or one of a couple) may be […]
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Q&A for service providers
What do I need to do to deliver adoption support services funded by the ASGSF? If you are an independent provider of services you must be registered with Ofsted to access funding from the ASGSF or you can be employed to provide adoption support services (which are paid for through the ASGSF) under the Ofsted […]
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Q&A for parents
Is there limit to how much funding a family can access? Yes. Level of demand for the ASGSF has been far higher than anticipated and so to address this the DfE introduced a Fair Access Limit of £5,000 per child for therapy per financial year, as well as a separate amount of up to £2,500 […]
Adoption stories
Sometimes it helps to hear first-hand accounts from people who have made the journey ahead of you. We’re gathering stories of people from all walks of life who have become parents through the adoption process. We’d also love to hear from you if your life has been touched by adoption – whether as an adopted […]