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Appalling outcomes’: Young people fall into poverty, homelessness after leaving care

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The Age

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Jewel Topsfield

Abstract

Young people who leave state care in Victoria face a grim future, with at least one-third homeless within three years, 70 per cent living below the poverty line and one-quarter having contact with the criminal justice system.

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