Income support receipt for young people transitioning from out-of-home care
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Topic: Child protection
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Income support receipt for young people transitioning from out-of-home care, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 September 2024. doi:10.25816/nn06-zs91
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Income support receipt for young people transitioning from out-of-home care. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/nn06-zs91
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Income support receipt for young people transitioning from out-of-home care. AIHW, 2021. doi:10.25816/nn06-zs91
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Income support receipt for young people transitioning from out-of-home care. Canberra: AIHW; 2021. doi:10.25816/nn06-zs91
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Income support receipt for young people transitioning from out-of-home care, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/nn06-zs91
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Children who are, or have been, in out-of-home care (OOHC) face greater vulnerability across several dimensions of their wellbeing, particularly after they leave care, as they adjust to independent living. This national report aims to build the evidence-base on transition outcomes for care leavers by linking Australian Government (Centrelink) and state and territory (OOHC) administrative data to examine income support and other payment characteristics (receipt, duration and payment pathways) by these young people.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-843-8
- DOI: 10.25816/nn06-zs91
- Cat. no: CWS 82
- Pages: 61
Findings from this report:
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Nearly 3 in 5 (59%) in the OOHC study population received income support payments in young adulthood
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Receipt of unemployment payments (26%), parenting payments (11%), DSP (10%) 4‑5 times as high as for other young people
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The OOHC study population were 4 times as likely to stay on payments for longer than other young people
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OOHC study population were less likely to remain on student payments and more likely to remain on unemployment payments