A joint investment of £5.8m will be made by both bodies with the aim of offering teachers, social workers, youth justice and early help practitioners training to enable them to respond to children showing signs of trauma.
A specific focus will be on preventing behaviours which are associated with crime and violence, typically those which lead to school exclusion.
The funding will be offered to four large-scale programmes in England and Wales, resulting in a total reach of 200,000.
The selected organisations are:
Bridgend County Council
Knowledge Change Action Ltd and Warren Larkin Associates
National Children’s Bureau (NCB) and Leap Confronting Conflict
Trauma-Informed Schools UK
Policing minister Chris Philp has backed the investment. He said: "This research will be vital to gaining a better understanding of the root causes of youth violence, and will be key to helping us and the YEF support children in managing their trauma and avoiding a life of violent criminality.’’
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