As part of efforts to reduce record numbers of children going into care, the What Works Centre for Children's Social Care is set to hand a number of councils money that frontline social workers can spend in "creative ways" with struggling families.
Councils will be able to bid for between £400,000 and £600,000 to test the idea - with suggestions for how the money could be used including family respite breaks, redecorating the home, or covering the cost of childcare.
The centre has said it wants to start working with successful sites as soon as possible - potentially as early as December - with evaluation due to take place by March 2020.
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