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What Works for Children’s Social Care and EIF merger launches

2 mins read Social Care Care Review
An organisation formed from the merger of What Works for Children’s Social Care and the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has marked its launch with the publication of a five-year strategy.
Dr Jo Casebourne is chief executive of Foundations. Picture: EIF
Dr Jo Casebourne is chief executive of Foundations. Picture: EIF

Under the new name Foundations – What Works Centre for Children and Families, the organisation has set out how the evidence it generates through the analysis of early intervention programmes will have an impact on “improving the foundational relationships that children need”.

“Foundations will generate and champion actionable evidence to improve services and interventions that support family relationships, so that more vulnerable children can go on to flourish,” its report Building the Foundations states.

The report lays out plans to identify new approaches to early intervention and children’s social care while developing interventions that can be evaluated for impact.

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