After analyzing government data and population projections, Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, concluded that the group is at risk of sliding down a “care cliff” as they get older.
About 9.13% of care leavers between the ages of 18 and 25 were statutorily evaluated as homeless or experiencing homelessness in the previous year, according to a research released today by the group.
However, over the same time period, an estimated 0.97% of young people aged 18 to 24 who had no prior care experience were either homeless or at risk of becoming so.
While some regions demonstrated “excellent practice,” the organization also noted in its study that it had witnessed “really worrying examples” of young people feeling compelled to leave social care before they were prepared to find housing.
According to the report, in certain local authorities, care leavers were given the highest priority when they were leaving care and starting their first job.
According to the report, it is even more crucial to provide suitable, safe, and reasonably priced homes for caretakers when they first leave care because the chances of them obtaining social housing in some local authorities decrease as they age.
