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Out-of-home care ends for many young people at 18, but there’s a push around Australia to extend it to age 21
Shelley Farmer remembers growing up in out-of-home care as a tumultuous and, at times, traumatic experience.
Key points:
- Young people are not eligible for residential or foster care after the age of 18 in most states and territories
- In Western Australia, 14 young people are in a trial with care extended until the age of 21
- Victoria will raise the age of eligibility for out-of-home care to 21 on January 1
“I remember there was a lot of people, a lot of badges, a lot of white cars, a lot of flash offices that we were put into and had to play with certain toys while adults spoke,” she said.
“There really isn’t a time I could recall someone saying, ‘What would you like to do? Where do you feel safest?'”
The now 24-year-old Noongar woman lives in…
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