Alternative care . Over-crowding persists in child care centres and foster care settings due to the demand of children in need of care and protection. . Funding constraints faced by child care centres. . Foster care grants do not sufficiently cater for school fees as well. . Children placed in foster care often do not receive visits from family or friends at the foster care. . Social workers do not follow-up on placement of children and do not monitor their wellbeing at the cluster foster care scheme.