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Support for Grandparents, Families & Kinship Carers
Help and Support in the Northern Territory
Follow the links below for help and support in the NT for:
- Grandparent, Foster and Kinship Carer Advisers
- Support for grandparent carers
- Information about NT Grandparent, Foster and Kinship Carer Advisory Line
- Help for grandparent, foster and kinship carers from Department of Human Services (Centrelink)
- New grandparent and kinship carer information
- Help and support for elder abuse
- Support for foster and kinship carers in the Northern Territory
Further reading and information
- 2021 – 2026 Northern Territory Government Seniors Policy
- 2021 – 2025 Territory Families, Housing and Communities Strategic Plan
- 2022 – Grandparents and Childcare in Australia (Australian Institute of Family Studies)
- 2020 Australian Grandparent Care (National Seniors)
- 2014 – Parliamentary Report: Grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren
- 2013 – In late 2013, the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to inquire into childcare & early childhood learning.
- 2003 – The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Report
- 1975 – Family Law Act – has provision to grant rights to grandparents in relation to their grandchildren.
Please do let us know of any other resources which would benefit our community.