The money will go towards launching proven parental conflict provision in more local areas and improving the quality of family services already in place.
Meanwhile, all local areas will be helped to train frontline practitioners in identifying parental conflict and referring families on to appropriate services.
The DWP said research suggests that children's emotional, behavioural and educational success is strongly influenced by their parents' relationship, with children whose parents are in long-term, unresolved conflict with one another - whether or not their parents are together - being less likely to do well in school and in adulthood.
It added that a child is also more likely to do well if they have a close, supportive relationship with their father and this is made more difficult when separated parents are in conflict. An estimated 300,000 workless families are potentially affected by the issue.
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