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Regional care commissioning ‘risks greater costs, bureaucracy and remote decision making’

Community Care

.” Fostering Network chief executive Kevin Williams welcomed the RCC proposals, but said: “We must learn the lessons from the past and make sure that any new regional structures enhance and improve local planning, commissioning and recruitment. “Overwhelmingly, local authorities and IFAs work well together.

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Social care leaders hailed in New Year Honours

Community Care

Vic Rayner (@vicrayner) December 31, 2022.

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KVC Health Systems Launches KVC Missouri and Names New President

KVC

In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes. It is called the Foster Care Adoption Resource Services, Training and Consultation (FCARSTC) program.