COMMITTEE TO PUT FOSTER CARE SYSTEM UNDER MICROSCOPE

COMMITTEE TO PUT FOSTER CARE SYSTEM UNDER MICROSCOPE

The ruling by the North Gauteng High Court in 2011 which reinstated a number of lapsed foster care orders – and by implication, the foster care grants paid for the benefit of the children – exposed a number of challenges within the country’s foster care system, not least of which was the backlog in the processing of foster care applications and extensions.