In a bid to address factors behind reoffending, the government haspledged to take steps to help find young offenders suitableaccommodation on leaving custody.
These include encouraging closer working between youth offending teams(YOTs) and housing authorities, exploring the idea of temporary releasefrom prison to aid resettlement and treating homeless 16- and17-year-olds as children in need under the Children Act 1989.
Funding will also be available for additional resettlement supportschemes, while current aftercare provision will continue.
Details of the proposals are in the government's YCAP Consultation:Summary of Responses, which coincides with the first anniversary of theYCAP this month.
Rod Morgan, former chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), said theannouncement "sounds promising".
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