Private Fostering

What is private fostering?

Private fostering is the name for an informal arrangement made by parents for a child to live with another family.

A child is automatically being privately fostered if they are:

• Under the age of 16 (or 18 if they’re disabled), and
• They are being provided with accommodation by someone who is not a close relative. A close relative is an aunt, uncle, step-parent, grandparent or sibling, but not a cousin, grand aunt/uncle or a family friend, and
• It is intended that the young person will be provided with accommodation for a period of 28 days or more.

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