Preventing Homelessness among Care Leavers: Review of the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) for Care Leavers. A UCD Report Commissioned by DCEDIY

The CAS for Care Leavers programme aims to provide social housing for care leavers at high risk of homelessness, together with dedicated aftercare support from the child welfare and protection agency Tusla. This report presents the findings from a UCD research project seeking to explore the outcomes achieved by the CAS for Care Leavers programme and to evaluate its success in preventing homelessness for vulnerable care leavers in the context of the other accommodation options open to care leavers and proven international responses to aftercare housing and homelessness prevention.