By 2008, every local authority in England should have a children and young people's trust in place. Thirty-five local authority areas should have a head start. These councils have spent the past two years as children's trust pathfinders to test the ideas behind trusts and help design policy.
The 60,000 funding for the authorities to pilot various aspects of children's trusts came to an end last month, and the University of East Anglia has released interim findings from an evaluation to the Department for Education and Skills.
In Essex, a children's trust pathfinder has been in operation across the towns of Braintree, Witham and Halstead since 2003. A multidisciplinary team, based in a single office, acts as a frontline service for children, young people and families. The co-located team has secured funding from Essex County Council and statutory agencies such as the police to carry on for another year; the aim is to ensure there is a separate co-located service in each of the three towns.
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