The Supporting Families programme is backed by £165m and will retain many of the aims of the Troubled Families programme, including work to support people to leave abusive relationships, get the right joined-up support for those with mental health issues and help the long-term unemployed back into work.
Through the programme, families are assigned a dedicated keyworker, who works with every member of the family and brings local services together to resolve issues at an early stage, before they develop into more significant problems.
The Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government said a key focus of the Supporting Families programme will be to help councils improve their use of data to support families. To that end, it is launching the Data Accelerator Fund, which will enable councils to bid for a share of £7.9m in data projects over two years.
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