Opinion: Policies don’t meet children’s needs, people do
Last month the NSW Government announced it would extend the age a person can stay in foster care from 18 to 21 years old –
Author: Jarrod Wheatley
Jarrod Wheatley has set up multiple innovative not-for-profit organisations and is currently the founder and CEO of Professional Individualised Care (PIC) that offers home-based care for children in OOHC who would otherwise be living in hotels or group homes. PIC is a relationship-based model that offers a different cultural understanding of how to meet young people’s needs. Jarrod was named the NSW Young Australian of the Year in 2019.
