Tag Archives: foster care
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An easy win for Queensland’s...
October 27, 2020 With the Queensland election rushing up to meet us, there is a simple reform that could be life changing – and even life-saving – for the state’s most vulnerable young people... read more » -
Queensland major parties turn...
October 27, 2020 MEDIA RELEASETuesday 27 October 2020 Queensland’s major parties have so far ignored an opportunity in the lead-up to the election to give the most vulnerable young people in state care a better start to their adult lives, leaving the state out of step with most of the country, national Home Stretch Chair Paul McDonald said … Continue reading "Queensland major parties turn their backs on the state’s most vulnerable young people as election looms"... read more » -
Foster Care Week highlights need...
September 17, 2020 Wednesday 16 September 2020 The devastating effects of COVID-19 on the employment prospects of young people has heightened the need for state governments to universally extend foster care to the age of 21 across the country, Home Stretch Chair Paul McDonald said today during national Foster Care Week. The Home Stretch campaign represents hundreds of … Continue reading "Foster Care Week highlights need to extend care for our most vulnerable as COVID-19 continues to bite"... read more » -
Commonwealth investment to help...
August 28, 2020 A universal extension of care to the age of 21 across the country would dramatically improve youth unemployment and homelessness, giving vulnerable young people the best possible chance of a positive future... read more » -
Child protection shake-up on the...
August 3, 2020 NT's Territory Alliance Party announces extended care trial if elected... read more » -
Alone and scared: How system is...
July 30, 2020 A push to see the increase of foster care to 21 years old is sweeping across Queensland.... read more » -
A national approach is urgently...
June 1, 2020 All states and territories need to follow Victoria’s lead and stop young people being forced to leave care for at least the rest of this year, writes Paul McDonald, chair of The Home Stretch campaign.... read more » -
Australia’s leading universities...
April 30, 2020 Australia’s top universities have recommended that state care be extended to the age of 21 for all young people as part of the national recovery process from coronavirus. ... read more »
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