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Assisting Care Leavers
Young adults who have lived in out-of-home care at some point during their childhood often struggle to build stable lives. This is not surprising: typically young care leavers not only have to overcome a difficult childhood, but also tend to receive less support during the crucial years of early adu...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development,
2022.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- 1 Introduction to assisting care leavers to achieve better outcomes
- 2 Care leavers in OECD countries
- Data on children in care and types of care arrangements
- Limited evidence on care leavers
- Increasing evidence on the effectiveness of supports
- 3 Improving support for care leavers
- Leaving care legislation
- Extended care arrangements
- Preparation and planning
- Importance of education and work
- Availability and quality of aftercare supports
- Mentoring and involvement of care leavers
- Differences in the provision of care leaver services within countries
- Reforms in recent years
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care leaver support
- 4 Conclusion and directions for reform
- References