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Need a transition process for youth who age out of care.
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Community Action
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March 20, 2008
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"Our key message and primary recommendation: youth from care need to have as gradual and extended a transition process to adulthood as youth in the general population," says Deborah Rutman and Carol Hubberstey after a 30 month study of young people who age out of care in British Columbia.
A growing number of Canadians in their early 20s are living with their parents, says the researchers' report, but the majority of youth in this study did not live with their parents or other family members.
"What is needed is a rethinking of existing government policies, programs, and priorities, along with the role of communities and families in supporting youth from care," they ...
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