Kinship care | CPAG

Children's Handbook Scotland

02 September 2019

Print and free online publication on how benefits are affected if a child is living away from their parents in Scotland.

Children and families Kinship care Looked after children Scotland

Adopting a baby or becoming a kinship carer

Best Start grant rules for people taking responsibility for a baby.

Best Start Kinship care Maternity and Early Years Page Social Security Scotland Scotland

Kinship care, looked-after children and the benefits system

11 September 2019

Training course places available for 26th September

Kinship care Looked after children News Training in Scotland Scotland

Universal credit and kinship carers

Factsheet explaining the universal credit rules for kinship carers.

Children and families Factsheet Kinship care Looked after children Universal credit Scotland

Kinship care and benefits – the essentials

Factsheet explaining the benefits and tax credits rules for kinship carers.

Children and families Factsheet Kinship care Looked after children Universal credit Scotland

Children looked after away from home by the local authority – impact on family benefits and tax credits

This factsheet covers the impact on benefits if children are looked after and accommodated by the local authority.

Children and families Factsheet Kinship care Looked after children Scotland

June 2018 - Tax Credits and Early Years E-bulletin

Includes a Q&A on the two child limit and kinship carers.

Childcare Children’s benefits e-bulletins Kinship care Tax credits Tax credits and early years Two child limit Universal credit Scotland

Latest enews

01 July 2015

Child poverty statistics Kinship care News School holidays Scotland

Policy report: Coping with complexity: financial support for kinship carers in Scotland

01 July 2015

Read our new policy report which looks at financial support for kinship carers in Scotland here.

Children and families Kinship care Looked after children News Universal credit Scotland