My cousin's 4 month old grandson has been taken into foster care, for various reasons it seems I may be the only willing and appropriate person to bid to foster and keep him within the family. I have brought up 3 children of my own, and I currently work with small children and have relevant qualifications.
Can anyone talk me through the process of applying and explain to me what allowances/benefits I might be entitled to, as I would have to give up work to do this. I have a 15 year old son of my own still living at home and currently receive Child Tax Credits and also Widowed Parents Alowance as my husband died nearly 4 years ago.
This is obviously a huge decision for all sorts of reasons, but really I need to work out if it is at all feasible before offering to do it, the whole family are shellshocked and I don't want to raise false hope. I also have a boyfriend who doesn't live with me, how would this affect any application and would it cause a problem if he did move in at a later date?
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Evenstar · 22/03/2012 22:55
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