Action needed to stop over-18s...
'Extended support could halve homeless rate' ...
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Why ending state care on a...
We don’t want any more 18 year olds on our doorstep, homeless, because their time in state care is up....
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Push to extend foster care support...
When Carlatina Urquhart moved out of home and into her own apartment at the age of 18 she had no furniture, few domestic skills and "no idea where to start"....
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Putting the care back into foster...
Youth in foster care should be nurtured and supported past the age of majority....
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Extending the age of out-of-home...
By Stephanie Zillman Posted Wed at 2:16pm Australia would see massive economic and social gains if the government extended the age of out-of-home care to 21, a Monash University academic has said. Associate Professor Philip Mendes from the Department of Social Work at the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University said the UK extended the … Continue reading "Extending the age of out-of-home care to 21 necessary for economic, social gains: researcher"...
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Welfare agencies are calling for...
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Every child deserves to be supported into adulthood – extending out of home care until the age of 21 will give thousands of young people the additional guidance they need to have a real shot at life.
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