ood policies and protocols The following list of policies and protocols may be used as a guide to assist local authorities to identify documentation that can support care leavers’ transition to adulthood. • Provision for the allocation of leaving care support to young people who are eligible, relevant or former relevant children • The allocation of leaving care PAs (timing, gender, ethnicity issues) • Consulting with young people and how their views contribute to developing/improving leaving care services • Preparation for independence policy and strategy (e.g. setting out the authority’s criteria for assessing a young person’s readiness to move to more independent accommodation) • Policy on reviewing pathway plans for relevant and former relevant care leavers (age 16 and 17, and 18 to 21/25) • Financial Policy • With sections or separate policies covering: ▪ How fostering and residential finance policies will assist young people to prepare for independence ▪ Leaving care entitlements for young people aged 16 and 17 living in foster care and residential care ▪ Further education entitlements ▪ Higher education entitlements ▪ The amount and use of the setting up home allowance ▪ 16 and 17 year olds in receipt of benefits ▪ Incentives, contributions and sanctions ▪ Emergency payments ▪ Young people living at home ▪ Young people returning for a service aged 21 to 25 ▪ Qualifying young people ▪ Policy and protocol with DWP regarding supporting young people to claim benefits • Information regarding: ▪ Universal further education allowances and grants 106 ▪ Universal higher education allowances, grants and bursaries and how to find out what additional allowances individual universities provide for care leavers (Buttle Trust information) • A guide to means tested benefits for c