A quarter of councils are planning cuts in children's services in 2019/20 in response to continued public sector austerity and rising demand, according to the Local Government Information Unit.
Many of these cuts will be in non-statutory services including early help. Children's services leaders fear the parlous funding situation will be exacerbated if money from the Troubled Families programme is also lost.
The programme - a flagship coalition government initiative launched in April 2012 - is due to end in March 2020. It has seen £920m invested in children's services in England over its lifetime, helping 400,000 families classed as having multiple interrelated social challenges.
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