Nobody “Signs Out of Care.” Exploring Institutional Links Between Child Protection Services & Homelessness - Homeless Hub Research Summary Series

In Ontario, youth between the ages of 16-18 can apply to the Courts to terminate a Society or Crown wardship order. Young people involved with the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) in Ontario commonly talk about “signing out of care” when they turn 16. This expression makes it hard to see the complicated institutional work that is involved in ending a wardship order with child protection services, not to mention the challenges youth face after leaving care. Currently in Ontario there is little coordination between the institutions that youth leaving care must interact with, often having negative consequences for youth, including homelessness.

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Gaetz, S., O’Grady, B., Buccieri, K., Karabanow, J., & Marsolais, A. (Eds.), Youth Homelessness in Canada: Implications for Policy and Practice. Toronto: Canadian Homelessness Research Network Press.

Publication Date: 
2013
Location: 
Toronto, ON, Canada