Adoption and fostering
Find out about our adoption and fostering services in Devon as well as more information about private fostering and special guardianship.
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Adoption
Aims to find safe, secure, permanent homes for children who are unable to live with their birth families.
Fostering
Looking after a child or young person who is not able to live with their birth family.
Private fostering
When a child is looked after by someone who is not a close relative, guardian or person with parental responsibility.
Special guardianship
How special guardianship differs from adoption, who can apply and how.
Key strategies
How we plan to support the children and young people who are in, or have recently left our care.
Sufficiency strategy
Devon’s sufficiency strategy for children in care and care leavers 2024 to 2029.
Corporate Parenting Strategy
Our commitment to see children and young people with care-experience flourish and thrive in Devon.