Up to 40 new areas will benefit from the programme, Supporting Families; Investing in Practice, which offers innovative approaches to helping families affected by issues such as domestic violence, substance misuse, or addiction, to stay together.
It has been modelled on existing Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs), which provide a problem-solving approach to care proceedings, as well as the Family Group Conferencing programme, an initiative that works with whole families with children at immediate risk of being taken into care.
Isabelle Trowler, chief social worker for children and families, said the funding is an "important milestone" in the work that had been done to support vulnerable families.
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