Advocacy
We advocate for Informal Kinship Carers to be recognised by the government in the same way Formal Carers are.
Calling for Financial Support for Informal Grandparent Carers
Grandparent carers play a vital role in keeping children out of the overburdened Foster Care and Child Protection systems. With the rising cost of living, more grandparents are now at crisis point. They need financial support as they are living below the poverty line and receive no carer allowances to cover the cost of raising children.
See below for further details.
Documents
- Submission on Financial Assistance for Foster and Kinship Carers October 2026
- AIFS Care Allowances Review Report
- Social Worker Support in Grandcarers SA September 2025 (Election Proposal)
- Grandparent Carer Allowance Proposal April 2025 (Election Proposal)
- Grandcarers SA Position Statement on the Carer Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025 (as at 27 October 2025)
- Submission to the South Australian Government Regarding the Carer Recognition (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2025
- Submission for the SA Government Social Statement 2 June 2025
- Grandcarers SA evidence to the SA Parliamentary Hearing into Home Care for Children and Young People (April 2025)
- Submission to the State Inquiry into Home Care for Children and Young People 2024
- Submission to the Federal Parliament Inquiry August 2023
- Submission to the Review of the state Carer Recognition Act 2005
- Report on Review of Carers Recognition Act 2005 (SA)
- Submission to the Inquiry into the Recognition of Unpaid Carers
- Kinship Alliance Australia Fact Sheet
- In Loco Parentis: Informal Kinship Care in Australia—Social Benefit and Material Poverty
Thriving Families 2025 to 2045
Hear from some of our Grandcarers
Grandcarers and the children in their care talk about the impact that Grandcarers SA has had on their lives. They also ask the government to recognise them as Informal Carers and pay them an allowance.
Here is another video about Grandcarers talking about the requirement of more support from governments in order for them to be able to raise the children in their care.
Hear from CEO of Grandcarers SA, Mike Feszczak
Our CEO’s plea to the State Government.
Media Engagement
CEO talking to Graham Goodings
Listen to Grandcarers SA CEO Mike Feszczak talking to Graeme
Links
The Australian Childhood Centre recently held a webinar focusing on the panellist’s lived experience as kinship carers, which is informing areas of research around kinship care. They discuss the key issues faced by kinship carers, and what can be done to improve how systems listen to and support grandparent kinship carers providing love, safety, and family connection for our children in out-of-home care.