Wolverhampton Council said it will undertake a "whole system transformation" in order to deliver an "accelerated and sustainable" reduction in the number of looked-after children.
Part of this will involve replacing 25 existing buildings, made up of 12 designated children’s centres, five linked outreach sites, and eight 5-18 buildings, with eight "strengthening families hubs".
A report on the proposals states that the hubs, which will provide outreach services, will "fulfil the core purpose of children’s centres under the Child Care Act 2006".
Overall, the move will save around £6.4m from the children's services budget in 2016/17. The current budget for children and young people services is £51.8m.
Wolverhampton Council has hired private consultancy firm Impower, which has worked with authorities including Doncaster and Sandwell, in order to drive the plans through.
Research conducted by the authority found that early intervention services, as currently configured in Wolverhampton, are not targeting those at most risk of family breakdown.
"In the last year, 68 per cent of children became looked after due to abuse or neglect," the report states.
"There is an imperative to intervene earlier where there is evidence of abuse and neglect as these are the families most at risk of breakdown."
The proposed strengthening families hubs will deliver outreach work into the community. Staff will have a role in supporting, developing and training non-council community-level networks to support families earlier.
"The aim is to build on the existing assets within the community, establishing better links with the voluntary sector, schools, health and adult education," the report states.
The hope is that the number of children that need to be taken into care by the local authority will fall. As of 31 March 2015 there were 780 looked-after children in Wolverhampton. It wants to reduce this to 583 by 31 March 2017.
"Recognising that outcomes nationally for many children in care and young people who leave care are unacceptably low, the focus is on enabling children and young people, wherever possible, to remain safe within their communities," the report on the proposals states.
There will be an increased focus on early intervention, and giving frontline workers, police, teachers, GPs, housing officers, nurses and others "the tools they need".
The authority will also utilise ways of working developed through the Troubled Families programme, including a "whole-family approach" and the appointment of a lead worker to work with families to achieve "significant and sustained outcomes".
