The Children's Workforce Development Council revealed how it wouldallocate the promised 3.3m to support local workforce reform.
The council will offer funding to each children's trust area. Two-tierlocal authorities will get 30,000 each, while unitaryauthorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs will get 20,000.
The cash can be spent on priority areas such as staff training and thedevelopment of people working with children in care and disabledchildren.
But trusts will have to show how the projects will fit in with overallplans to improve the area's workforce.
The decision to target the private, voluntary and independent sectorscame out of talks with children's trusts, said the council.
"The feedback is that authorities are struggling to engage the privateand voluntary sector," explained chief executive Jane Haywood.
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