y such financial 84 assistance or grant provided under section 24B(2) where this is connected to a course of education or training may be given up to and including the age of 24 (section 24B(3)). 8.47. It is important that young people, residential and field social workers, parents and foster carers and staff should be aware of the assistance which the local authority can provide to qualifying young people. This can be achieved through the provision of a specific section on qualifying young people incorporated into the leaving care financial policy and in the published statement of the local authority’s services under sections 24, 24A and 24B. 8.48. Local authorities should provide information about the practical and financial services that are available to qualifying young people. This information should be incorporated into an easy to read leaflet setting out the full range of services that qualifying young people can expect and should be produced by the local authority and made freely available. 8.49. Disabled young people who have been provided with short term breaks may be particularly in need of financial assistance, especially if they have high communications needs that make it difficult for them to apply to other agencies, such as voluntary organisations, for help. 8.50. Section 24B(5) provides that the responsible authority must provide vacation accommodation, or the means to secure it, to any care leaver qualifying for advice and assistance under section 24(1), who is between the ages of 16 and 25, in higher education or in residential further education and who needs it. 8.51. Local authorities should also set out what assistance can be provided to young people who are deemed ‘Qualifying’ as a result of being looked after immediately prior to becoming subject 