This has prompted fears that councils' plans to commission services for next year will be hampered.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) last week confirmed the majority of grant allocations for children's services. But it failed to earmark cash for 10 funding streams, marking the grants as "to be confirmed".
Grants affected include ContactPoint, the Disabled Children's Access to Childcare Pilots, the Parenting Support Strategy Grant and the Fair Play Playbuilder - for investing in play areas.
Ralph Michell, policy advocate at the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, warned that uncertainty over grants could encourage local authorities to stop using the voluntary sector in favour of keeping services in-house.
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