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Skills for the Job: A guide to benefits available to young people

Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

The benefits system for young people is highly complicated. Janine Browne explains what types of benefits are available to under-21s.

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

News

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Staff in children's homes will receive better training to help young people leaving their placement as part of government plans to improve outcomes for care leavers.

Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

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.

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Other

Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Other

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Asylum seekers face benefit gap

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

With an estimated 10,000 asylum-seeking children living far below the poverty line, Chris Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines concerns over support offered to families

Vox Pop: Should parents lose benefits if children miss school?

Other

Thursday, May 10, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's adviser on behaviour says truancy fines should be deducted from child benefit

Early help and crisis support services hit by draft council funding settlement

News

Friday, December 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority early intervention and crisis support services look set to bear the brunt of cuts to the funding that councils receive from government.

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

News

Thursday, March 12, 2015

| CYP Now

The Troubled Families programme has delivered savings of more than double the amount spent on turning around the lives of families with complex problems, government figures suggest.

Inspectorates slam youth offending agencies for resettlement failings

News

Friday, March 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Probation, education and health inspectors have criticised poor-quality support for young offenders when released from custody.

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

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.

Benefit changes risk making young people homeless, says YMCA

News

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Thousands of vulnerable young people could be made homeless as a result of the government's universal credit reforms, it has been claimed.

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Other

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Councils remain unprepared for fallout of housing benefit cap

News

Monday, November 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities appear largely unprepared for the safeguarding, childcare and gang-related problems that are likely to result from the imposition of the housing benefit cap in January.

Daily roundup: Disability support, childcare costs and benefits cap

Other

Monday, July 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Families of disabled children need help with managing sleep problems; a rise in childcare costs could see more children left "home alone" during the summer holidays; and children to be hit hardest by the benefits cap, in the news today.

Tenancy measures will improve family stability, says Pickles

News

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has published measures to improve the standards of private-sector rented housing and encourage longer-term tenancies that offer more stability for families.

Small investment in youth advice 'could save millions'

News

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Providing early access to advice services for young people with issues such as stress and unemployment could save the public purse up to £13,000 for every individual helped, a report has found.

Daily roundup: Online safety, child health, and housing benefit

Other

Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Psychiatrists to get training on promoting media mental wellbeing; plain cigarette packaging plans welcomed by clinicians; and Lib Dem president wants to drop support for housing benefit changes, all in the news today.

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

News

Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The Cabinet Office has awarded £2.5m to 26 social action programmes providing support for vulnerable young people including care leavers and young offenders.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

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.

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

News

Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls from MPs for an outright ban on the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for care leavers.

Daily roundup: Riots, benefit reform, and school exclusion

Other

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

MP accuses government of failing to prevent future riots, the average family to lose nearly £900 due to benefit changes, and 15 children are excluded from school each day for sexual misconduct, all in the news today.

Postcode lottery for care leavers setting up home

Other

Monday, October 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Care leavers face a postcode lottery in support when they attempt to set up home, with local authority grants to ease the transition to independent living ranging from 750 to 2,500, an investigation by CYP Now has uncovered.

Rise in food bank use due to benefit changes, warns YMCA

News

Thursday, November 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Delays in receiving benefits are forcing many vulnerable young people to turn to food banks to feed themselves, YMCA England has said.

Charities win share of £15m youth homelessness fund

News

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Seven youth homelessness projects are to gain a share of a new £15m government fund to help the most at-risk young people turn their lives around.

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Skills for the Job: A guide to benefits available to young people

Cross-government strategy to support care leavers unveiled

Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Legal Update: Asylum seekers face benefit gap

Vox Pop: Should parents lose benefits if children miss school?

Early help and crisis support services hit by draft council funding settlement

Troubled Families programme delivers substantial savings

Inspectorates slam youth offending agencies for resettlement failings

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

Benefit changes risk making young people homeless, says YMCA

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Councils remain unprepared for fallout of housing benefit cap

Daily roundup: Disability support, childcare costs and benefits cap

Tenancy measures will improve family stability, says Pickles

Small investment in youth advice 'could save millions'

Daily roundup: Online safety, child health, and housing benefit

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

Daily roundup: Riots, benefit reform, and school exclusion

Postcode lottery for care leavers setting up home

Rise in food bank use due to benefit changes, warns YMCA

Charities win share of £15m youth homelessness fund

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