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Exit strategy

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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The government launched a cross-departmental strategy last autumn for young people leaving care. Joe Lepper investigates what impact it is actually having for care leavers.

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.

Legal Update: Staying put arrangements

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  • Monday, May 26, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Noel Arnold, director of legal practice at Coram Children's Legal Centre, discusses changes to the law that give children in care the chance to stay with their foster families until they turn 21.