YES - Rod Morgan, chair, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Intensive fostering schemes will provide specialised, highly intensive care for young offenders who might otherwise face custody. For these young people, fostering will provide safety and stability: they will be looked after away from other offenders, and supervised by a specially trained foster parent.
Meanwhile, the birth family will get the support they need, such as counselling, to help them build a better relationship with their child. Providing a supportive home and improving relationships between young people and their families will be key to steering these children off the path of crime.
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