Since its national launch in May 2015, the government's Adoption Support Fund has helped thousands of families access a range of therapeutic and practical support programmes.
In 2015/16, a total of 3,500 families were supported. But in the first six months of 2016/17, a further 5,500 - nearly three times as many - have been helped.
The rapid increase in use means that more adopted children and their parents are getting the vital support they need, but this has put added pressure on finite funding.
Despite the amount of money set aside for the scheme increasing from £19m in 2015/16 to £21m this year, the surge in demand has prompted the Department for Education to stump up an additional £2m this year, and impose an emergency limit of £5,000 on how much can be accessed.
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