Housing options when you are under 18

If you are in foster care, you do not always have to leave at 16 or 17.

Foster care

If you are in foster care, you do not always have to leave at 16 or 17.

If you and your carers agree, you can stay with them up to the age of 21.

We call this a Staying Put arrangement.

You can watch a YouTube video that shows what a supportive foster family looks like:

 

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"My foster family made me believe that I could achieve."

 

This YouTube video shows why some people decide to become foster carers: 

 

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Alfred and Liz | Why become a foster carer?