Older Youth Leaving the Foster Care System: Who, What, When, Where, and Why?
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Corporate Parenting for young people in care – Making the difference?
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Young People Leaving Care: A Study of Costs and Outcomes
Every year, more than 6,000 young people formally leave the care of local authorities in England, most to establish independent lives as young adults in the community.1 In doing so, the burden of expectation placed upon their shoulders is large. As the evidence below suggests, these young people tend to make a series of overlapping…
