Building a Future Together: Issues and Outcomes for Transition-Aged Youth

This film follows five youth as they prepare to leave the child welfare system and face life “after care.” The reaction to the film was overwhelming and the filmmaker teamed up with Peter Dudding, Executive Director of the Child Welfare League of Canada, to provide professional education workshops across the country. [...] The film helped guide the development of this paper and made sure that the voices of youth are heard as we adults continue to write about what is best for them. [...] Many thanks are owed to Andrée Cazabon and the National Youth in Care Network for their dedication to these youth and helping to guide the dialogue forward. [...] Acknowledgements This paper could not have been completed if it were not for the support, insight and diligence of many people across Canada: The Provincial and Territorial Directors of Child Welfare and their staff who provided assistance through- out the Transition to Adulthood survey process. [...] Peter Dudding, MM, MSW, RSW, is the Executive Director of the Child Welfare League of Canada and Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare.