Foster carer allowance: How often will I be paid?

You will be eligible for payment whenever you are caring for a looked after child. The foster care allowance payments are made by our agency to you on a monthly basis, however we endeavour to ensure that our foster carers receive adequate funding to support them to offer the best care to children. Therefore we will make payments outside of this payment period in order to support foster carers to adapt their finances to the monthly payment plan.