Funding for the North East Regional Commissioning Unit, described as "the lead partnership for work on regional commissioning", will stop at the end of March.
The units were created as part of the Care Matters reforms and were intended to reduce costs and prevent looked-after children being placed in foster or care arrangements far from their original home.
The North East unit is currently funded by the region's 12 local authorities and was set up in September 2005.
Jonathan Ewen, chair of the local providers' group and director of Barnardo's North East, said it would be a tragedy if providers were no longer able to work with commissioners.
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