Better Transition For Marginalised Young People

This is a mid-term evaluation of the after-care initiative "The road to education and employment". The initiative was implemented by the National Board of Social Services to help young people in care and previously in care to a better and more stable situation in education and employment.
The evaluation gathers the experience so far from four test municipalities in which, on the basis of a special collaboration model, relevant specialists from e.g. the social, labour market or education systems have been gathered around the same table and in which young people's own participation and wishes for the future play a central role. The test municipalities are Fredericia, Gentofte, Copenhagen and Roskilde.
Although the municipalities' experience with the collaboration model is still somewhat tentative, the evaluation shows that, in the early phase, important building blocks have been laid to achieve better transitions for the young people in the long term. The specialists interviewed state that, as a start point for interventions, work is more coordinated and targeted and it has more focus on the wishes and skills of the young people.
The evaluation builds on focus group interviews and individual interviews with specialists in the four municipalities and with children in care or who have previously been in care.