For children whose parents are unable to look after them for short or long periods of time, kinship care (also called connected persons or family and friends care) provides a child with stability and the chance to stay with people they already know.
Sometimes, it is necessary for us to formalise the arrangement through a legal order, such as a special guardianship or by approving a kinship carer as a long-term or temporary-connected person's foster carer, depending on the child's needs. Every family's situation is different.
