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Care leaver benefit changes 'must go further'

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  • Tuesday, April 3, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Benefit rule changes to allow more care leavers to claim income support and housing benefits while they study do not go far enough, Catch 22's National Care Advisory Service (NCAS) has warned.

Ofsted upgrades Doncaster from 'inadequate' to 'good'

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  • Friday, January 19, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Standards at an independent trust set up to improve the quality of children's services provision in Doncaster have been rated "good" following a re-inspection by Ofsted, just two years after receiving the lowest rating.

DfE appoints partner to deliver delayed Care Leaver Covenant

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  • Wednesday, February 28, 2018
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Education has appointed a delivery partner to encourage private and voluntary organisations to sign up to a commitment to help care leavers access education, employment and training, but is yet to give a date for when the delayed initiative will launch.

Scotland raises leaving care age to 21

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  • Wednesday, April 1, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Young people in Scotland who are in residential care, foster care, or kinship care will be able to remain in their placement up until the age of 21 as a result of landmark legislation.