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The signatories of this open letter (including SOS Children's Villages, Better Care Network, and other partners) seek your support in calling for the 2019 United Nations General Assembly resolution on the Rights of the Child to focus on children without parental care. A coalition of child-focused organisations and networks, have created a 2-page statement calling for UN Member States to select the theme of children without parental care as a focus for the 2019 Rights of the Child resolution, listing compelling reasons to do so. …
This guide from Coram Voice in the UK provides guidance to youth leaving or aging out of the foster care system, including informing care-leavers of their rights. The guide is aimed at preparing youth to transition to successful independent living. The document offers a flowchart to help care leavers identify their eligibilities and rights and explains the services and programs available to them, including financial and housing services. It also includes terms and definitions ("jargon buster") and a list of resources and useful contacts.
Abstract
Due to the high instances of young people in care becoming homeless after leaving care, the study I undertook for my PhD in design research explored how an intervention could be co-designed to support young people and leaving care workers (LCWs) to share and elicit views about where a young person could live when they leave care. This article describes the methodology I worked through to re-design this interaction and why I think this approach resulted in positive outcomes for the people who tested the new interaction.
A normally disruptive period in the lives of all young people is made even more disruptive for youth in the process of leaving care. All formal support networks are dismantled with termination of care: the result is added instability during a period of fast-paced changes. Youth who are at the age of majority without extended care and maintenance are symbolically and literally dumped out of the system. Many youth have fears and anxieties over their futures with a lack of life skills and independence training. Also lacking financial and emotional support, the road can be long and winding.…