According to the 2017 history of the organisation, Foster Care Westernport was reliant on the support of the Uniting Church in its early days.
Foster Care Westernport ran a number of op-shops, which raised funds for its programs.
In the late 1980s, Foster Care Westernport built holiday homes in Inverloch, a property known as Townsend Bluff, that could accommodate several foster families, up to 22 people at a time. (The property was sold in the 1990s.)
The 2017 history of Foster Care Westernport describes how the agency worked with state-run institutions including Allambie, Turana and Winlaton, and other institutions like Glastonbury Children's Home and Melbourne Family Care Organisation. The agency provided short term placements in its foster homes for children from these institutions, to come and stay during holidays like Easter and Christmas.
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18 March 2021
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/vic/E001068
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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