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Children and young people leaving care

Care leavers' charter, council responsibilities and support. Staying put arrangements.

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Services

• Leaving foster or local authority care

  Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help

• Children adopted from care and the pupil premium: template letter

  A template local authorities can use to tell alternative education providers how to claim the pupil premium for children adopted from care.

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Guidance and regulation

• Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above

  Guidance

  22 May 2013

  Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions, and HM Revenue & Customs

• Children Act 1989: transition to adulthood for care leavers

  Statutory guidance

  23 January 2015

  Department for Education

• Children Act 1989: family and friends care

  Statutory guidance

  4 March 2011

  Department for Education

• Local offer guidance
  • Statutory guidance
  • 26 February 2018
  • Department for Education
• Applying corporate parenting principles to looked-after children and care leavers
  • Statutory guidance
  • 26 February 2018
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

1 October 2018 — Press release

Government launches new collaboration with Barnardo's to support care leavers into work

Department for Work and Pensions

1. Staying Put grant: determination letter
   • 28 February 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

• Children’s homes research: the impact of standards on staff
  • 15 March 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Corporate parenting, the local offer and personal adviser support 26 February 2018

  Department for Education

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 27 November 2017

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Funding for personal adviser support for care leavers to age 25
  • 21 March 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Department for Education
2. Department for Work & Pensions
3. HM Revenue & Customs