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Information about the SFPC programme to help safely reduce the number of children entering care.
Find out how to apply to become a child's special guardian.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Information for existing and new Universal Credit claimants with more than 2 children.
Information about Universal Credit for families with more than 2 children.
Cookham Wood is a young offender institution (YOI) in Rochester, Kent, for boys and young men aged 15 to 18.
Bullingdon is a men’s prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to establish a safe environment for children to positively interact with each other.
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan
Claim or deal with Child Benefit for someone else - if your child has a baby, authorisation form TC689, appointees, voluntary organisations
Portland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men aged 18 and over.
Isis is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Thamesmead, South East London. It is named Isis after the ancient name for the River Thames.
Vile abusers who rape a child will have their own parental responsibilities automatically removed under new laws.
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
This is an introductory welcome guide for children under 18 who are moving from Ukraine to England under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
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