Anne Longfield believes the Troubled Families programme suffers from a “lack of co-ordination and patchy delivery”, which she says varies between local authorities, and that children’s centres could play a vital role in delivering the scheme.
Her comments follow the publication of the a report from National Audit Office which reviews the progress of the Troubled Families scheme and the Families with Multiple Problems programme.
The report finds that while both programmes are starting to impact on areas such as unemployment and antisocial behaviour, key elements of performance needs to improve if they are to meet the targets set by the government.
It blames a lack of co-ordination between the two departments during the designing and implementation stages of the two programmes, which the report concludes have “considerable overlap”.
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