The pilot, funded by the Department for Education until March 2011, provides seven schemes designed to test a range of enhanced support packages for teenage parents.
One pilot is delivering a residential model with intensive on-site support, one has a focus on supporting young people in hostels, another on accessing the private rented sector, while others provide housing-related floating support. Other forms of provision include teenage parent workers, life coaches, adult volunteers and/or mentors, as well as specific financial and emotional support services.
A total of 491 referrals of young parents, including parents-to-be, were recorded across the seven projects in the first year of the TPSH pilot. The interim report found a number of difficulties were associated with recruiting and engaging young parents with services. But it said: "Overall, they appeared to have managed this process effectively through promotion of the project, the appointment of appropriate staff, as well as delivering a flexible and user-responsive service."
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