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040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aYates, Deborah _92360
245			_aSink or swim : _bleaving care in New Zealand _cYates, Deborah
260			_aWellington _bMinistry of Social Development _c2001
300			_a20 p. ; computer file : PDF format (207Kb)
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500			_aSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2001, 16: 155-174
520			_aThis article discusses a qualitative study that aimed to create an opportunity for young people to voice their issues by listening to eight Pakeha care leavers talk about their experiences in care, at the point of leaving care, and since leaving care. Like their counterparts overseas, it is clear that they carry more than their fair share of emotional, social and scholastic deficits. The author posits that they would benefit from legislative, policy and practice reform aimed at assisting them through a gradual transition to adulthood. The author notes that New Zealand has fallen behind other Western countries in its attention to young people leaving the statutory care services to undertake independent living. These young people comprise a very small and hidden population here, and very little is known about long-term outcomes for them, except that, anecdotally, they seem to begin to have children early, and to struggle to raise them without coming to the notice of child welfare services. Source: Author's abstract
610		0	_96967 _aNew Zealand. _bChild, Youth and Family.
650	2	7	_aCARE AND PROTECTION _997
650	2	7	_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650	2	4	_aOUT OF HOME CARE _9260
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFOSTER CHILDREN _9262
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINSTITUTIONAL CARE _9315
650	2	4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650	2	7	_9660 _aYOUNG PEOPLE
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
773	0		_tSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2001, 16: 155-174
856	4		_uhttp://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj16/sink-or-swim-leaving-care-in-nz.html
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