A new report by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) and Action for Children, based on interviews with professionals across the children’s services sector, finds that the “knock-on effect” of the coronavirus pandemic on early help services will have a “profound” impact on families not eligible for local authority support.
Non-statutory services will see an “increased demand” for support from families who fall below the threshold for statutory help but “who are wrestling with new and pressing needs created by the strains of the lockdown, or the effects of previous support having been withdrawn”, the report states.
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