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Young people placed near their home communities are better able to maintain important ties with family, friends and their communities. Distance to home is a simple indicator of the residential system’s ability to support these ties. When a young person has been in multiple placements use the average distance relative to the time spent in each placement.
Data Source |
Timeframe for reporting |
Examples from other jurisdictions |
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CPIN |
Within one year |
Percent of all children looked after living more than 20 miles from their Local Authority boundary (UK Government, 2015: See Paragraph 33 and Chart 5) Distance in miles between a child’s removal address and placement address at 12 months (California Child Welfare Indicators Project, 2016) |