Children leaving care system need support

Children leaving the care system may require greater levels of support and flexibility around accommodation options, according to a new longitudinal study.

Children leaving care system need support

Research tracking the lives of 16 young people aged 18 and leaving care has found that two had already experienced homelessness, including one young person who was homeless turning 18, and that just five were in designated aftercare accommodation.

It also shows that while seven young people had had only one care placement, six had between two and four placements and three had more than five placements.

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