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As a young teenager, Crystal was moved to residential placements, but even those special education schools could barely handle her.
The cuts include a reduction of spending on individual care packages and residential placements for vulnerable adults of £10m (around 20% of the budget).
One option for some children with complex needs is out-of-borough residential placements for specialist therapeutic provision that is often not available in their home town.
We need to concentrate on giving children a say in the sort of environment they wish to live in – be it residential or foster care – and make sure residential placements are of a gold standard.
"We need to concentrate on giving children a say in the sort of environment they wish to live in... and make sure residential placements are of a gold standard".
It also aims to increase fostering and reduce residential placements.
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The estimated wait time to get a residential placement is 15 years.
These include agency and permanent social workers, foster parents, residential placement, assessment centres, and IT and other support services.
Foster care costs the state less than $5,000 a year, he said, compared with $37,500 for residential placement.
She also advises families on therapeutic residential placement for students in middle and high school and college.
For so long it seemed that she would never get off the waiting list for a residential placement, that her wish would never come true.
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