Picture the scenario. A young man is excluded from school because of poor behaviour, fuelled by problems at home. He attempts to escape reality with drugs and alcohol, paid for by petty theft. A mistrust of authority in his teenage years means he steers clear of services that could help him. And where would those services possibly start, anyway?
The Government estimates about 200,000 young adults aged 16 to 25 in England face severe disadvantage or complex needs. But there is no overall system in place for identifying them.
Since publishing its Breaking the Cycle report in September last year, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Social Exclusion Unit has been pondering how agencies can work together to meet the multiple problems of this group. The result is Transitions - Young Adults with Complex Needs - a 108-page report with 27 action points, signed up to by a range of government departments.
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