Submissions made to the ministerial review of the Department of Child Youth and Family Services from Grandparents raising Grandchildren, Barnados, ACROSS: Te Kotahitanga o te Wairua, 5th Dimension Resources Trust, PSA, Methodist Mission Aotearoa, National Council of Women, and Children, Youth and Family (CYF). The appendices include a response to notifications, placement procedures, and organisational supports to promote good practice.