Kinship Care   For a long time now, The Centre has been advocating on behalf of its members involved with Kinship Care service delivery, and has expressed concern at the slow progress of the Kinship Care model development following the release of the Green Paper on Kinship Care early in 2008.   After the release of the new draft Kinship Care model last year at the Lorne Forum, the Kinship Care Advisory Group, of which the Centre is a part, have concluded that overall the model had merit and was in line with the intent of the Best Interests Case Practice Model. The Centre's Board have also discussed the draft which was sent to all our relevant members for them to review.  Feedback from our members was forwarded to the Department of Human Services at the end of 2008.   In September, the Government made announcements which included nearly $30 million in funding over 4 years towards implementing the Kinship Care model across Victoria. 750 case contracted kinship care targets are to be allocated across the State over the next 4 years as part of this funding.   The allocation of targets was announced in March 2010, and the Centre is assisting member organisations in liaising with the Department of Human Services around the implementation of the model.