The What Works Centre for Social Care said the "pioneer" councils and independent trusts will help it to identify promising areas for further research as well as design and test new services and products that could support quality social work.
"We know that to be effective, the centre needs to remain close to the ground," said Sir Alan Wood, who became the centre's founding chair earlier this month.
"These initial partnerships will help and support local leaders and practitioners to ensure that we most effectively meet the needs of children and families."
The 21 councils and trusts will work with the centre until December this year on five pieces of work. Children's services in Bradford, Bracknell Forest, Newcastle, and Surrey will help design digital tools with the aim of improving the use of social care data in decision making.
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