At present, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), the Department for Education (DfE) and the Department for Work and Pensions all fund various schemes to support families with multiple needs, as do local authorities and charities across the country.
A DCLG spokesman confirmed the unit will be housed in the department. It will synchronise existing work and bring together central government funding streams to fund such initiatives.
Christine Davies, chief executive of the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services, said the unit has the potential to end the fragmented way in which family intervention work has been carried out to date. "Rather than having a scattergun approach and a series of parallel initiatives, which is a real danger, particularly post-riots, we need to be absolutely clear about what makes a difference," she said.
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