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Kinship care

Financial support for kinship carers

Last updated
9 Dec 2024

As a kinship carer, you may get money from the local council to help with the costs of looking after the child. This is called Kinship Care Allowance. 

You may get Kinship Care Allowance if you care for a looked after child.

You may also get the allowance if you have a Kinship Care Order and the child:

  • has been looked after by the local council in the past
  • is at risk of becoming looked after

Your Kinship Care Allowance will be paid by the local council of the area where the child originally lived, which may be different from your own local council.

Each council sets its own amount for the Kinship Care Allowance. The amount of money you get may depend on the age of the child you’re looking after.

Aberdeen City Council Aberdeenshire Council Angus Council Argyll and Bute Council Clackmannanshire Council Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) Dumfries and Galloway Council Dundee City Council East Ayrshire Council East Dunbartonshire Council East Lothian Council East Renfrewshire Council Edinburgh Council Falkirk Council Fife Council Glasgow City Council Highland Council Inverclyde Council Midlothian Council Moray Council North Ayrshire Council North Lanarkshire Council Orkney Islands Council Perth and Kinross Council Renfrewshire Council Scottish Borders Council Shetland Council South Ayrshire Council South Lanarkshire Council Stirling Council West Dunbartonshire Council West Lothian Council
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