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Graduating from the Child Welfare System: An Overview of the UK Leaving Care Debate

Philip Mendes, Badal Moslehuddin

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Historically, insufficient resources and assistance have been provided to young people leaving state care. Care leavers have been found to experience significant health, social and educational deficits including homelessness, disproportionate involvement in juvenile crime and prostitution, poor social supports and early parenthood. This paper explores the UK debate around improving outcomes for care leavers. Attention is drawn to legislative and program reforms, including most recently the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (UK). Some implications for Australian leaving care practice are considered.

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Historically, insufficient resources and assistance have been provided to young people leaving state care. Care leavers have been found to experience significant health, social and educational deficits including homelessness, disproportionate involvement in juvenile crime and prostitution, poor social supports and early parenthood. This paper explores the UK debate around improving outcomes for care leavers. Attention is drawn to legislative and program reforms, including most recently the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (UK). Some implications for Australian leaving care practice are considered.

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Historically, insufficient resources and assistance have been provided to young people leaving state care. Care leavers have been found to experience significant health, social and educational deficits including homelessness, disproportionate involvement in juvenile crime and prostitution, poor social supports and early parenthood. This paper explores the UK debate around improving outcomes for care leavers. Attention is drawn to legislative and program reforms, including most recently the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (UK). Some implications for Australian leaving care practice are considered.

Key concepts: Project commissioning, Legislature, Social care, Publishing, Welfare, Political science, Health care, State (computer science)

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