In its State of the Nation Impact Report 2020, the organisation says that this year 26 per cent of 19- and 20-year-olds remained living with foster carers compared with 25 per cent in 2019.
“Too many young people across the UK are missing out on the opportunity to stay with their foster family until age 21,” the report states, despite noting that Staying Put arrangements “have the potential to transform how thousands of young people start adulthood”.
The report adds that 45 per cent of foster carers maintain contact with a former foster children compared with just 40 per cent in 2019.
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