Welcome to CYP Now’s annual Children in Care supplement.
The backdrop to the care system in these final weeks of 2017 is one that is all too familiar. Rising child poverty, too many families struggling to cope, and further cuts to early help services continue to be factors that contribute to a rising care population.
Crucially, concerns persist that too many children are found places based first and foremost on the basis of cost, rather than their very real and complex needs.
As ever though, the year ahead also presents fresh challenges and opportunities. Provision is gradually being expanded for young people to remain in care after they turn 18 across all four UK nations (see p9).
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