Regularity and stability are now a clear objective in the child protection system, as is stated in the system’s objectives. The “project for the child” constitutes an obligation to consider the future of children in the long run. However, studies have shown that young people in care, when they turn 18, experience an abrupt change. The non-compulsory care for young people without family support aged 18 to 21 provided by the public child protection system (Aide sociale à l’enfance) is under pressure. Becoming extremely restrictive for youngsters, it is also more and more limited, and has even been suppressed in some counties. The alternative for young people is generally either abrupt change or a contract leading to a stereotyped project, prescribed by the social services. In a context where individual social work care plans are organized as pathways rather than as a clear status, the difficulties encountered by children in care turning 18 increase inequalities.