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The YAG consultations included special groups of young people leaving care including those withdisabilities and some with experience in Juvenile Justice (see Case Studies for examples of theseresponses). In addition, the proceedings of the NYAC Forum were video recorded and a DVDprepared from edited highlights.The CREATE Report: What’s the Answer?This report, What’s the Answer?, presents the solutions that the young people consulted in thisactivity consider pivotal for effecting improvements in the transitioning process from out-of-homecare to independence if better social and economic outcomes are to be achieved.In the next section of this report, Part B: Key Issues, some of the main discussion points surroundingtransitioning from care are introduced. Part C: Methodology, presents an outline of the methodsused in the consultation process, with further details provided in Appendices A-F. The results of theconsultations are presented in Part D: Key Findings and Recommendations.3The three (3) survey instruments and two (2) research projects referred to are:• Project 1, 2009: Create Report Card 2009 – Transitioning from Care: Tracking Progress STILL IN CARE Young People’s Survey (15-18 years of age) – 275 respondents LEFT CARE Young People’s Survey (25 years maximum age) – 196 respondents• Project 2, 2010-11: ‘What’s the Plan?’ Campaign Young People’s (over 15 years) Baseline Survey – 207 respondents4
Part B: KEY ISSUESBackgroundIn summarising her extensive review of the international literature, Tweddle (2007) highlighted what,unfortunately, have become common characteristics exhibited by youth who are transitioning fromthe care system to independence. Compared with their peers in the general population, they aremore likely to be:• undereducated (not have completed high school)• unemployed or underemployed• earning lower wages (if employed)• parents at a younger age• incarcerated or involved with the criminal justice system• homelessness at some stage of their lives• living in unstable housing arrangements• dependent on social assistance• experiencing mental health issues• without medical insurance (in the US)• at a higher risk of substance abuse.Not all young people experience this full range of negative outcomes when leaving care. Individualdifferences are observed, as Stein (2008) points out, because of different starting points and thediversity of family background and care experiences. He identified three different outcome groups,emphasising that each would require different types and amounts of support during and aftertransition. Stein defined these clusters as the (a) Moving on, (b) Survivors, and (c) Strugglers groups.“Moving on” included those young people who “welcomed the challenge of living independently andgaining more control over their lives” (p. 300). These young people made effective use of the helpthey had been offered and kept positive links with carers and some family members. The “Survivors”tended to include younger care leavers who had experienced disrupted placements and moremovement after exiting, often related to homelessness and unemployment. They benefitted mostfrom assistance from specialist caseworkers and mentors. His most disadvantaged group, the“Strugglers”, experienced the classic difficulties associated with care leavers and required most aftercaresupport. Their needs should not be overlooked even though they seem to benefit least from thisassistance.Costs of InactionAs summarised in the Transitioning to Independence sub-working group’s Discussion Paper forNFIWG, Morgan Disney & Associates (2006) have estimated that these different cohorts of careleavers cost governments within Australia an average of $40,000 per person per annum, with 55%being in the high-needs, high-cost categories.5
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