Chapter
YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING STATE CARE IN CHINA
List of tables and figures
Glossary and abbreviations
1. Introduction to leaving
state care in China
International framework to understand the problem of leaving state care
Profiles of young people in care
2. Children in alternative care
Children with disabilities in state care
Alternative care for children in state guardianship
Institutional care provided by state child welfare institutions
Foster care arranged by state child welfare institutions
Non-governmental child welfare
Summary about alternative care
3. Alternative care practices in child welfare institutions
Beijing and its districts’ child welfare institutions
Taiyuan Child Welfare Institution, Shanxi
Urumqi Child Welfare Institution, Xinjiang
Nanning Welfare Institution, Guangxi
Summary of child welfare institution practices
Overview of welfare transition policies
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Policy directions to support independence in other cities
Summary of policies about transition from care and other orphaned children
5. Social inclusion impact of a childhood in state care
Positive experiences in childhood
Negative experiences in childhood
6. Self-identity of young people leaving state care
My position in the community?
What kind of person do I want to become in the future?
How can I become the person that I want to be?
7. Economic security of young people leaving care
Policy context for economic independence
Becoming adults – three forms of income support
Economic independence through paid employment
Employed temporarily at the state child welfare institution
Unemployed and relying on state child welfare institutions
Other options for economic security in order to leave state care
Social protection or social exclusion?
Conclusion about economic security
8. Social networks and the employment of young people leaving care
Case study of young people leaving foster care
Foster parents as strong ties in job search
Welfare institution strong ties in job introduction and employment
Acquaintance weak ties in job search
Conclusion about social networks and employment
9. Housing pathways of young
people leaving care
Housing and social inclusion
Housing systems and housing security for young people
Housing policies for young people leaving care
Social exclusion and young people’s housing security
Housing status of young people leaving care
Impact of housing constraints on social inclusion
Conclusion about housing security
10. State support for children
in informal care
Policy context of informal care
Government support for formal and informal alternative care
Impact of informal care on social inclusion
Challenges of transition for young people leaving informal care
Conclusion about informal foster care
11. Growing up in institutional family group care
Approach to alternative care at the institution
Characteristics growing up in family group care
Challenges of the transition from family group care
Conclusion about family group care
12. Policy implications for young people leaving care in China
Experiences of young people leaving care
Policies to support leaving care
Appendix: Characteristics of young people participating in the research
Young people leaving state care in China
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