Would you bend your funding criteria to help a 12 year old leaving custody and about to become homeless?
A project run by a national children's care charity places young offenders in families. The manager of the project tells PJ White what happened when she did just that. Some details have been changed to maintain confidentiality
Most of my toughest decisions are based on accepting or rejecting referrals - often because of the straitjacket imposed by funding agreements with various local authorities.
A frequent problem is taking children direct from custody. They are strictly outside the criteria for this project. But if a young person comes out of an institution and is going to be homeless and I have a foster care placement available, I want to give that young person a chance.
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