The launch in June of Foundations, the national What Works Centre for Children and Families, marked the start of what its chief executive Jo Casebourne describes as “a new vision, mission and strategy through which we will support vulnerable children”.
Foundations brings together the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) and What Works for Children's Social Care after the two organisations merged following a recommendation in the final report from the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, which was chaired by Josh MacAlister, executive chair of Foundations.
A report, Building the Foundations, published to coincide with the new organisation's official launch, sets out plans to identify new approaches to early intervention and children's social care while developing interventions that can be evaluated for their impact.
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