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Professional foster care models 'no-brainer' for more government funding, sector leaders say

When Jaime Ramos first signed up to care full time for an eight-year-old boy, the child was being sent home up to three times a week for assaulting teachers at school. 

The boy has a history of trauma, and was removed from his family and placed into Victoria's foster care system. 

Within three weeks of living in Mr Ramos's home, the assaults stopped and the boy has not been involved in any incidents at school in the three months since. 

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