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Extended
Support for
Youths
Transitioning
from Foster
Care.
By: Katherine Armitage, Alexa
Callitsis, Rene Chen & Kristy
Molnar
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What is Foster Care?
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What Factors can Contribute to
Youths being Placed in Foster Care?
- Child being removed from the parental
home due to :
• - Abuse
• - Loss of parents (death)
• - Poverty
• - Incarceration - a parent's incarceration in prison or jail.
• - Abandonment -parents have dropped the child at the sitters and never
returned
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What is the current age in which
support is tapered off?
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Why do we feel it is important to
extend care?
• 42 % of young adults in Canada aged 20-29 live at
home with their parents.
• Irwin Ellman's report shows that extending care
would actually be more cost effective in the long run
" For every dollar spent, the province would save
$1.36,"
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"I'm actually terrified because when I turn 21, I have
no one and I will have nothing"
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What do we want?
• Tangible support; financial, housing.
• Decision-making or problem-solving
assistance;
• Support related to self-esteem; emotional
support
• Providing job training opportunities
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Who are our stakeholders?
• Irwin Elman
Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children
and Youths.
• Anna Ho & Jason McGuirk, Our Voice,
Our Turn
A group of foster youths and former foster
youths who are advocating for extended
care and support.
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How did we go about advocating
for extended care?
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How will we continue to advocate
for this cause?
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How can YOU get involved?
Transitional Care for all Foster Youths GTA-
Canada.
Youth Leaving Care Hearings.
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References
Office for the Provincial Advocate of Children and Youth:
www.provincialadvocate.on.ca
Statistics Canada
"25 is the new 21" Pdf Report by : Irwin Ellman
Photos:
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