’This book will be essential reading for all those - practitioners, policy makers and researchers - involved in the provision of leaving care services for vulnerable young people.’ Professor Mike Stein, University of York, UK ’There is no doubt that this thought provoking study not only advances our understanding of the theoretical frameworks underpinning leaving care practice and policy in general but also makes a seminal contribution to the articulation of the leaving care agenda in Northern Ireland for the foreseeable future.’ Youth and Policy

• 1. Recognising the Challenge  2. Youth Policy and Leaving Care  3. Methodology  4. The Leaving Care Population  5. The Provided for Group  6. The Preparation and After Care Received  7. Meeting the Challenge?