The pilot, which will be run in Cornwall, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Leicester, Lewisham, Manchester, Newcastle, North Yorkshire, and Solihull, will be used to determine how the government’s £19.3m Adoption Support Fund will operate when it launches next year.
Through the Adoption Support Fund, announced last September, local authorities will provide therapeutic services such as cognitive therapy, play and music therapy, and intensive family support, to try to help adopted children recover from previous experiences.
It is hoped that improved support will result in fewer adoptions breaking down.
The trial phase is intended to help decide how best to design the fund, including how to ensure that it is accessible to adopters and how to best incentivise local authorities to invest their own money in the fund.
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