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• 29 November 2022

  Category:
  Policy

  Sub-category:
  Oireachtas Briefing

  Briefing to the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on Supports for Parents of Children in Care

  Briefing to the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on Supports for Parents of Children in Care EPIC’s Opening Statement was delivered by Brenda  Kneafsey,  Advocacy Officer EPIC is a national organisation working with children in state care, young people in aftercare services and young adults with experience of the care system. We work...

• 21 September 2022

  Category:
  Policy

  Sub-category:
  Oireachtas Briefing

  Briefing to the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on Issues Related to Foster Care

  Briefing to the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on Issues Related to Foster Care EPIC’s Opening Statement was delivered by Lauren O’Toole, EPIC Youth Council We would like to thank Committee members for inviting us here today, and we are pleased to be joined by our colleagues from IFCA, the Irish...

• 14 September 2022

  Category:
  Policy

  Sub-category:
  Policy Submission

  Joint Submission: National Aftercare Policy for Alternative Care Review

  Joint Submission: National Aftercare Policy for Alternative Care Review Tusla’s National Aftercare Policy for Alternative Care, 2017 is now in its fifth year of delivery. There has been much learning accrued regarding the delivery of aftercare services since 2017, including from the perspective of care-experienced young people, foster carers, and organisations working with these cohorts.  In this...