The Department for Education funding package includes £144m for the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) and £19.5m to strengthen the work of regional adoption agencies (RAA), improve how children and families are matched and recruit more adopters.
At £48m per year over the next three years, the new ASF funding is a slight rise on the £46m allocated to the scheme in 2021/22.
Under the scheme, adopters can apply for therapeutic support and counselling to help an adopted child address trauma linked to their early life experiences.
The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) welcomed the investment but said it remained “extremely concerned” over the fall in the number of children being adopted in the last four years and the recent decline in permanence orders being issued.
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