Evaluation of the Staying Put: 18 Plus Family Placement Programme – Final report

a research report (Reference: DFE-RB191) by Emily R Munro, Clare Lushey, Debi Maskell-Graham, and Harriet Ward (Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University) and National Care Advisory Service
Published: February 2012

Summary

The Staying Put: 18 Plus Family Placement Programme was a pilot that ran from July 2008 to March 2011 in 11 local authorities across England. It aimed to improve outcomes for young people making the transition from care to adulthood and was targeted at young people who had ‘established familial relationships’ with their foster carers and offered them the opportunity to remain in their placement until the age of 21.

The pilot looked to enable young people to build on and nurture their attachments to their foster carers, so that they can move to independence at their own pace and be supported to make the transition to adulthood in a more gradual way just like other young people who can rely on their own families for this support.

Includes:

• Introduction
• Key findings
• Aims
• Methodology
• Findings
• Implications for policy for practice

Full text (final report) (PDF 126pp)
Full text (brief) (PDF 9pp)

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