The £450m initiative that targets intensive support at the 120,000 families with the most entrenched problems, such as long-term parental unemployment, antisocial behaviour and children not attending school, will now work with an additional 40,000 families in 2014/15.
Last June, the government announced it would pump an extra £200m into expanding the programme in 2015/16 so that it would reach a potential 400,000 additional families.
The announcement in the Budget will mean councils can start working with some of these additional families a year earlier than planned.
David Simmonds, chairman of the Local Government Association’s children and young people board, said the announcement was recognition by the government of councils’ good work under the programme.
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