The fund, named The Children’s Social Care Covid-19 Regional Recovery and Building Back Better Fund, will be distributed through nine areas in England split into Regional Improvement and Innovation Alliances.
Each area will receive between £2m and £3m, including a flat rate of £50,000 for each region to help local authorities support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children through the National Transfer Scheme, DfE has said.
It “aims to build firm foundations for future reform” through the Care and SEND Reviews, government documents add, stating it would be used to support projects including “tackling female genital mutilation, abuse, preventing adolescents from being caught up in harms outside the home such as gangs and reducing the pressure on the system by reducing court backlogs or improving technology”.
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