 need to set out how young people who are in receipt of means tested benefits at the age of 16 and 17 accruing from their additional need [i.e. as disabled young people or as young mothers] may change the young person’s entitlement to main stream leaving care allowances. 8.12. Local authorities should set out entitlements to young people who have been placed at home long term, young people who return home in a planned manner and those who return in an emergency. These will need to take into account the legal status of the young person and the circumstances under which they return to their families. 8.13. Policies should provide equity, and, in order to be transparent and ensure fair access, should be reviewed every year and be open to independent audit and scrutiny, including by the Children in Care Council, or an appropriate consultative advisory body. Identification documents 8.14. Financial policies as well as pathway planning frameworks should assist young people to make the emotional, practical and financial transition to adulthood. 8.15. In order to avoid social exclusion, local authorities may wish to support and assist young people to obtain birth certificates, passports, driving licenses and other identification documents that will be required as they make the transition to adulthood. Some or all of these documents are critical for registering for housing, employment, training and education, opening bank accounts and proving identity. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority payment 8.16. Young people who receive a Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) payment should be assisted to seek independent financial advice regarding the use of their award and how, for example, by establishing a Discretionary Trust Fund, they may retain entitlement to means te