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Help for children of alcoholics

Councils should create drop-in centres to support children whose parents misuse alcohol, says expert.

The government is to invest £6m over the next three years to improve the lives of an estimated 200,000 children in England who live with alcoholic parents.

Up to £4.5m will be channelled to local authorities to develop new approaches to the issue, such as early intervention programmes that avoid the need for children of alcoholic-dependent parents to be taken into care, and outreach schemes that help more parents access addiction treatment. In addition, £1m will go to voluntary sector organisations to deliver projects that develop national capacity and £500,000 will enable the expansion of a national helpline for children of alcoholics.

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