CYP Now - Call to extend Adoption Support Fund until 2030

The government should extend funding for vital therapeutic services for adoptive and special guardianship families for another decade, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.

Nearly £150m has been invested in the ASF which has supported around 38,000 families since it was launched in 2015.

This support has helped adopted children and those cared for under a special guardianship order (SGO) to recover from the impact of childhood trauma and in extreme cases, prevented placements from being disrupted and children returned to the care system, the APPG said.

In December, the government announced £12m would be added to the fund with a further guarantee in March that applications and support made and started in the financial year 2019/20 would be met.

However, the APPG said the government was only committed to delivering the fund until July 2020.

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