Children’s services lack funding to deal with ‘peak in demand’, ADCS warns

Fiona Simpson
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Children’s services departments are facing a post-lockdown “peak in demand” but have “no emergency funding left” to cope with it, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has warned.

Children's services departments are experiencing an increase in referals, the ADCS says
Children's services departments are experiencing an increase in referals, the ADCS says

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