Service Description: The Combined Accommodation Scheme (CAS) provides a consistent and stable experience for young people in the community who are or have been in foster care by offering continuity of care and accommodation. This scheme also provides accommodation and support to young people (aged 16-18 years) in the community who find themselves homeless.
Also known as:- CAS, Homelessness, Housing, Supportive Lodgings
Answer: Foster carers who continue to provide accommodation when the young person’s fostering regulations have been discharged at/or before the age of 18 can become Supportive Lodgings Providers and are eligible to receive the Supportive Lodgings payment instead of the Fostering Allowance.