This publication has been produced by Istituto degli Innocenti of Florence within the framework of the activities envisaged by the Collaboration Agreement with the Directorate General for the Fight against Poverty and for Social Planning of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies for the implementation by Istituto degli Innocenti of the technical assistance interventions for the experimentation of the Care Leavers project actions.

The document aims to support social service professionals, as well as other local services that work with them, in taking up the challenge of accompanying young people to independence when they reach the age of majority and live outside their family of origin on the basis of a court order.