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UConn School of Social Work Faculty and Ph.D. Students to Present at SSWR 2025

University of Connecticut

Room: Willow A, Level 2 Author(s): Nathanael Okpych, PhD ; Jennifer Geiger, PhD Presentation: Crossing the Finish Line: Factors that Influence College Degree Completion for Students with Foster Care Backgrounds Time: 2:00 p.m. 11:15 a.m.

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Specialist placements needed to reform a care system not working for teenagers, finds review

Community Care

Alongside reforming placements for teenagers in care, the commission also urged the government to invest in intensive family support to prevent young people from entering care or being drawn into gangs. Speak to youth workers in our towns, and cities and they will tell you their own horror stories,” she said. “Of

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No funded social care commitments in Labour manifesto

Community Care

.” Labour’s children’s social care plans “Every child should have a loving, secure home. Labour will work with local government to support children in care, including through kinship, foster care, and adoption, as well as strengthening regulation of the children’s social care sector.