The money will ensure a contractor can continue to provide support services for local authorities that are rolling out centres.
Children's minister Beverley Hughes revealed last week that the "urgent expenditure" was needed to continue the contract with Serco, which heads the Together for Children consortium providing support services.
She said the funding gap emerged because the money to renew the contract was to be approved through the passage of the Children and Young Persons Bill. However, the Bill is not due to receive Royal Assent until later this year - after the Serco contract expires on 30 September.
Hughes said the Bill would put the Secretary of State "under a duty to promote the wellbeing of children", which would enable him to enter such contracts. In the absence of specific statutory authority, spending on the Serco contract has previously come under the Appropriation Act.
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