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National strategy needed to reduce risk for runaway children

Thursday, March 17, 2011

| CYP Now

A government minister must take responsibility for runaway children and drive a national strategy to improve support for children at risk on the streets in the UK it has been agreed.

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

News

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are being urged to improve their support for homeless teenagers, following a damning Court of Appeal judgment against Lambeth Council.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

News

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

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.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

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.

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

News

Thursday, August 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Bed and breakfast accommodation is not a suitable place to house young homeless people, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned councils.

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

News

Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Collapsed children's charity Kids Company has failed to hand over to local authorities all the cases of vulnerable children and young people it was dealing with, its founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has told MPs.

Tenancy measures will improve family stability, says Pickles

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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.

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

| CYP Now

An independent panel of experts will be created to vet the decisions of local safeguarding children board chairs under revised safeguarding guidance published today.

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National strategy needed to reduce risk for runaway children

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

Watchdog tells councils not to use B&Bs for young homeless people

Kids Company chief defends failure to pass all cases to councils

Tenancy measures will improve family stability, says Pickles

Revised Working Together guidance introduces checks on local safeguarding boards

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