Some young adults (16-25 year-olds) face acute and combined problems such as homelessness, unemployment and drug dependency.

This Social Exclusion Unit programme has been looking at the causes behind some young adult's troubled lives to see how services can be improved to prevent these people falling through a gap in support.

Transitions is the Social Exclusion Unit's interim report looking at 16 - 25 year-olds with severe or multiple problems.