Changes provide forever homes for vulnerable Queensland kids
(WorldNews Health)

Queensland`s most vulnerable children will have a more certain and stable future under proposed changes to the Child Protection Act 1999. Child Safety Minister Shannon Fentiman said as part of the Queensland Government`s proposed changes, new provisions will require that finding a permanent and stable home forms part of the case plan for each child coming into care and a new `permanency care order` will be created. `These changes are being made to provide a safe, secure and certain future for some of the state`s most vulnerable children,` Ms Fentiman said. Ms Fentiman said under the proposed changes, the new permanent care order will provide children in long-term out-of-home care with an...