What is it?
- Funding for therapeutic support for adoption families.
- Eligibility: children living in England up to age 21 (25 with SEN).
- Helps families to access services they need in the future.
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Description
The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) has been established because many families need some kind of therapeutic support following adoption and too many have struggled to get the help they need in the past. The Fund will enable them to access the services they need more easily in future.
Who is eligible?
The Fund is available for children living in England up to and including the age of 21 (or 25 with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Education Health & Care Plan) who:
- are adopted and were previously in local authority care in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- are adopted from overseas.
- are under a Child Arrangement Order (CAO) to enable the assessment of a potential special guardian, while the CAO is in force.
- are subject to a Special Guardianship Order and were previously in care. Comprehensive online information for special guardians has been published by the Family Rights Group
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