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General election 2019: Key policy guide
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Analysis
- Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.
Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money
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News
- Thursday, September 15, 2016 | CYP Now
??Young people leaving the care system are falling into debt and losing benefits due to insufficient financial education and support from councils, research has found.
Big jump in B&B use for homeless families
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News
- Friday, December 18, 2015 | CYP Now
The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.
Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old
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News
- Tuesday, December 15, 2015 | CYP Now
A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.
Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds
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News
- Monday, September 21, 2015 | CYP Now
Children's services departments are not doing enough to secure good quality housing support for care leavers and other vulnerable teenagers, The Children's Society has said.
Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA
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News
- Friday, June 19, 2015 | CYP Now
Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.
Homelessness support fails families with young children, report finds
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News
- Wednesday, February 11, 2015 | CYP Now
Support for the estimated 15,700 babies living in homeless households needs to urgently improve, a damning report by the NSPCC and Anna Freud Centre has found.
Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme
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News
- Wednesday, January 14, 2015 | CYP Now
Vulnerable young people across London are to receive training in construction skills through a £10m joint initiative run by the Mayor of London and charity The Big Issue.
Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund
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News
- Thursday, September 18, 2014 | CYP Now
The government is to reconsider plans to scrap a fund that helps support young people in crisis after legal action was launched to challenge the decision.
Low-cost youth housing project gets go-ahead
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News
- Friday, September 5, 2014 | CYP Now
A £1.7m housing scheme designed to support young people struggling to live independently is to be built in south-west London.
Daily roundup: School travel, cancer treatment, and charity merger
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Other
- Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | CYP Now
Rise in children driven to school; parents reunited with terminally ill son; and homeless charities merge, all in the news today.
Call for council collaboration over care leaver housing
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News
- Tuesday, July 1, 2014 | CYP Now
Local authorities should set up agreements to allow looked-after children placed in their areas from other parts of the country to access local housing support when they leave care, a charity says.
Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.
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Other
- Friday, June 27, 2014 | CYP Now
Increasing number of young people reported sleeping rough; new chair of safeguarding board appointed in Sandwell; and NICE publishes best practice briefing on looked-after children, all in the news today.
Passion for positive thinking
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Other
- Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | CYP Now
Laura McCardle meets Jane Slowey, chief executive of the Foyer Federation.
Good Idea: Prototype flat aids youth independence transition
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Other
- Monday, May 26, 2014 | CYP Now
YMCA scheme aims to offer homeless young people living in temporary accommodation an alternative affordable housing option that will give them the stability needed to get on their feet.
Fall in crisis loans 'raises youth homelessness risk'
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News
- Wednesday, April 23, 2014 | CYP Now
The number of crisis loans and grants given by local authorities to young people has dropped eight-fold since a new funding support system was introduced last year, analysis shows.
Families in crisis face funding shortfall, warns LGA
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News
- Monday, February 24, 2014 | CYP Now
Councils may be unable to provide emergency support for families in crisis as a result of government funding changes, local government leaders have warned.
Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents
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News
- Tuesday, January 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Nearly half of young people end up homeless because their parents refuse to house them, a study has revealed.
YMCA chief criticises housing benefit cut plans
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News
- Wednesday, January 8, 2014 | CYP Now
The boss of the UK's largest provider of supported accommodation for young people has warned the government that cutting housing benefit for under-25s will not solve the problem of long-term youth unemployment.
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