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Support for foster carers, including financial help, tax arrangements, how to make decisions for your foster child, claiming benefit while fostering, and other help.

• Training and development

  You need to complete the training, support, and development standards…

• Help with the cost of fostering

  All foster carers get a foster care allowance to help cover the cost of…

• Tax arrangements

  You should have registered as self-employed when you started to foster.…

• Claiming benefits

  Being a foster carer can affect your benefits. Check a benefits calculator…

• Making decisions for your foster child

  Your foster child’s placement plan should tell you what decisions you can…

• Getting support

  You should get support from your fostering service, your local council and…

• Updated: 1 March 2024

Supporting health and care professionals to improve services by better understanding the health outcomes that some people in the Roma community face.

• Updated: 3 November 2022

Find out about residential and nursing care homes, paying for care homes and how to choose a care home.

• Updated: 21 December 2017

Employer guide to Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave: eligibility, notice period, record keeping, getting help.

FCDO travel advice for Curaçao. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 10 December 2025

FCDO travel advice for St Maarten. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 10 December 2025

Resources to help local commissioners achieve value for money by estimating the return on investment (ROI) and cost-effectiveness of public health programmes.

• Updated: 13 November 2025

• Updated: 9 July 2026

FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 18 August 2026