The call comes after CYP Now learned that nine of the original 20 areas running intensive intervention projects discontinued them after funding ran out in April this year.
The projects, started in April 2009 under the Labour government, targeted troubled eightto 19-year-olds. Last month they were praised in a government-commissioned evaluation, which found the projects generated average savings of £280,000 per person or £8 for every £1 spent, by preventing situations such as young people being sent to custody or excluded from school.
Long-term savings
Ahead of the publication of his report on the funding of early intervention projects, Allen said short-term decisions to discontinue projects are being taken because councils are not necessarily reaping the savings themselves.
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