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Extended stay

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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Councils have a legal duty to provide financial support for young people who want to stay put with their foster families until they are aged 21. Joe Lepper asks how it will work and whether it can be extended to young people in residential care.

Making happy families

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  • Tuesday, October 29, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The government has made adoption a key priority and set aside new funding. Joe Lepper explores the twin challenges facing local authorities - recruiting enough adopters and ensuring the right support.

Consultation on adoption reform

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  • Tuesday, August 7, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Kara Apland, socio-legal researcher at the Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government consultations on contact arrangements for adopted children and children in care, and the adoption of siblings

Carers need training to reduce suicide risk

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  • Friday, August 5, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Foster carers and residential childcare workers need basic mental health training to stem the number of looked-after children and care leavers who take their own lives, the government has been told.

Jazz Boorman, 17, North Yorkshire

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  • Monday, November 28, 2011
    • | CYP Now
I was adopted by my second mum Mandy when I was five years old. I still see my birth mum and dad. I enjoy that we all get along.

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