Under the payment-by-results programme, which was launched by the government last year, councils are paid for successfully helping families with complex needs in areas such as truancy and finding work.
Family Action says its Family Star tool will chart services’ progress in meeting targets and help councils show the financial value of the support being offered.
The launch follows an independent evaluation of the tool carried out by York Consulting, which was published today.
The evaluation found it successfully tracked evidence that the lives of families being supported by the Troubled Families programme were improving and could clearly link this information to its payment-by-results structure.
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