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AJSI Transitions From Out‐Of‐Home Care Special Issue Editorial by Philip Mendes, Lynne McPherson , Jemma Venables, Steven Roche and Jenna Bollinger
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AJSI Transitions From Out‐Of‐Home Care Special Issue Editorial by Philip Mendes, Lynne McPherson , Jemma Venables, Steven Roche and Jenna Bollinger

Philip Mendes, Lynne McPherson, Jemma Venables, Steven Roche and Jenna Bollinger
The Australian journal of social issues, Vol.First online, pp.1-3
10/07/2025

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Abstract

Historically, an experience of out-of-home care (OOHC) and the associated limited support services for those transitioning from OOHC at 18 years or younger has created for many care leavers in Australia a pathway to long-term poverty and hardship as evidenced by reports (based on large data sets) of close links between leaving care (particularly residential group home care),long-term reliance on social security payments, and homeless service use (AIHW 2021; AIHW 2022, 2023).

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