The Children's Workforce Development Council is due to announce thefunding for local authorities and partners in the next fortnight.Details are still being finalised, including the formula for allocatingfunding, said the council's chief executive Jane Haywood.
She admitted that the amount of cash per area would be relatively smallbut hoped it would kickstart bigger projects.
"We think it can be used as seed-corn funding for common core trainingand to support multi-agency teams or childminding networks," Haywoodsaid. She hoped some local authorities would join forces and use themoney to attract further funding.
The council is also leading efforts to create a new qualificationsframework for people working with children and young people by 2010.Today (5 April) it announced its main goals for the next two years, andin October it will publish a detailed plan for building theframework.
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