​Teens with no place to go home to

The Sunday Times, page C6

For children in the state’s care who choose to live independently upon turning 18, the Ministry of Social and Family Development supports them with information and life skills to help them prepare for independent living. The ministry will also connect them to relevant community services as well as link them up with programmes that provide resources like mentoring services. But Dr Yong Ming Lee, an assistant professor at the NIE’s department of psychological studies, said that without social support from a family, it is extremely difficult for these young people to strike out on their own. The issue of foster care was explored by a group of WKWSCI students in their final year journalism project, with an excerpt published in The Sunday Times.