As part of efforts to save money, the local authority wants to combine health visiting, children's centres, pregnancy and breastfeeding support services, and early years parenting support services.
Under the plans, the local authority services will continue to be provided from 22 children's centres, however, 12 of these will be "hub" sites and will not meet the statutory criteria for being an official children's centre, meaning only 10 designated children's centres will remain.
Birmingham Council said the new system would be a "fairer" way of providing early years services for children and families in the city. Services will be delivered at more locations across the city, rather than from existing children's centres.
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