
The money, which will be available for 2014/15, will come from £150m that has been top-sliced from the now defunct early intervention grant in each of the last two years.
In 2013/14, the entire £150m went towards adoption reform.
Children’s minister Edward Timpson said the money would help council’s “put the building blocks in place” to implement government reforms.
But David Simmonds, chair of the Local Government Association’s children and young people board, said that while the announcement was positive, the funding is not “new money”.
“It represents a net reduction in funding for local authorities and could impact on services for vulnerable children,” he said.
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