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  • Professor of Social Sciences, UNSW
Young people leaving care experience considerable material disadvantage, marginalisation and social exclusion. Image from shutterstock.com

Don’t push foster children out in the cold when they turn 18

Elizabeth Fernandez, UNSW

When children in foster care turn 18, they are expected to become independent, autonomous adults, and are discharged from care. The period of transition from care which coincides with early adulthood is…

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