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The house that Daniel built

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  • Tuesday, December 17, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Homeless young people renovate empty homes and then move in under a scheme launched by charity Centrepoint. Jo Stephenson visits the first property and meets the lads who will live there.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

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  • Monday, September 28, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Conflicting policy thwarts drive to tackle youth homelessness

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  • Tuesday, April 3, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The number of young people with nowhere to call home is on the rise. The latest government statistics show that 4,310 16- to 24-year-olds were officially declared homeless in the three months between October and December 2011. This is up from 3,880 in the same quarter in 2010 - an increase of 11 per cent.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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  • Wednesday, February 4, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Careers: Hostel manager

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  • Tuesday, February 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Hostel managers play a vital role in meeting the needs of homeless young people, finds Charlotte Goddard

Good Idea: Homeless youth create forum to engage MPs

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  • Tuesday, February 4, 2014
  • | CYP Now
This 100-strong forum is helping young people who are, or have experience of, being homeless raise the profile of youth homelessness by meeting ministers and MPs to explain about the problem and directly lobby for policy changes that will improve support.

Early Help: Special Report

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  • Wednesday, August 28, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care referrals, the case for spending on early help has never been so important, yet investment in prevention services has been falling, fuelling late interventions.