Growing up in such families - which account for around two per cent ofthe population - puts children at risk of negative outcomes, andservices need to learn to "think family" to turn lives around, thereport, Reaching Out: Think Family states.
Launched at Downing Street by Hilary Armstrong, the departing ministerfor social exclusion, the report details the interim findings from theGovernment's Families At Risk review, which will present policyrecommendations in the autumn.
Children from families with multiple disadvantages are more likely to besuspended or excluded from school, get in trouble with the police anddrink alcohol.
Families living in social housing, families where the mother's mainlanguage is not English, lone-parent families and families with a youngmother all face a higher than average risk of multiple problems.
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