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Evaluation of the Staying Put: 18+ Family Placement Pilot Programme Interim Report

Overview of Emerging Themes and Issues

Resource Item
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Date published
30 September 2010
Location
England
England
Related professional interest
Adoption, fostering and caring
Related specialism
Children and families
Publishers
Department for Education
Rights
Loughborough University
Keywords
looked after children
fostering
leaving care
independent living
Staying Put Pilot

Care Matters: Time for Change proposed piloting arrangements to provide young people „who have an established familial relationship with their foster carers the opportunity to continue to stay with them up to the age of 21

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