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Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Family Action has developed a tool to help councils track their performance in supporting families through the Troubled Families programme.

Home Start delivers long-term benefits, study finds

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Monday, July 15, 2013

| CYP Now

A programme that uses volunteer parents to support struggling families improves family wellbeing for up to three years after it has ended, academics have found.

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Some councils will receive upfront funding to pay for support provided through the government's Troubled Families programme as part of a trial, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

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Monday, January 6, 2014

| CYP Now

George Osborne warns of further spending cuts; government advisers urge ministers to rethink childcare reforms; and gangs use children to carry drugs out of London, all in the news today.

Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The core purpose for children's centres should be remodeled to focus on early intervention for families with children under five, a new report recommends.

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

A scheme providing free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds should be delivered by children's centres, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has said.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Young people unite to air their views on riots

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Friday, August 12, 2011

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Young people turned out in their scores in central London as part of an event aimed at giving them the opportunity to air their views on the recent unrest and its causes.

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Pensioners should continue to pay National Insurance in order to fund employment schemes for young people, a campaign organisation has proposed.

ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted must recruit existing children's services professionals to inspect local authority social care arrangements if it is to boost confidence in its judgments, the head of the Association of Directors of children's Services (ADCS) has said.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Jane Ellison confirmed as children's health minister

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Jane Ellison will take on additional responsibilities for children's health and health visiting following her reappointment as minister for public health, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Efforts to increase provision of free childcare and expand the troubled families initiative will be monitored by new taskforces, the government has announced.

Review recommends ‘revision' of YOT funding levels

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding levels for youth offending teams (YOTs) should be ‘revised', a major government-commissioned review has concluded.

Payment-by-results outreach service to further bolster support for troubled families

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has invested 200m in a payment-by-results scheme offering outreach support to the UK's most troubled families.

Government to pump £200m more into Troubled Families programme

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Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to spend £200m to expand the Troubled Families programme to a further 400,000 families.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Children of parents who abuse alcohol miss out on support

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children of parents who misuse alcohol are missing out on help and protection because local services sometimes fail to identify their needs, a report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner has found.

Government to push ahead with axing emergency support fund

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

| CYP Now

More than £170m in funding for support and emergency grants to help families in a crisis is to be axed by government.

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's social workers, teachers and health professionals face losing their job if they fail to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM), under a new law for England and Wales.

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 50 children's sector organisations have joined forces to call on the next government to significantly boost early intervention spending.

Government commits to ‘long-term' funding for Centre of Expertise to tackle child abuse

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A proposed national Centre of Expertise in tackling child abuse will be around for the long-term, children's minster Edward Timpson has vowed amid concerns about potential levels of funding.

Study highlights postcode lottery of child health

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| CYP Now

The health and development of children under five varies dramatically between different parts of England, with a child living in one area far more likely to be condemned to poor health than another living relatively close by, a study has found.

Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Government must introduce a national strategy to improve support for children of prisoners a group of charities has said.

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Charity launches tool to track work with troubled families

Home Start delivers long-term benefits, study finds

Government to trial upfront Troubled Families payments

Daily roundup: Spending cuts, childcare reforms and drug mules

Call for children's centres to focus on early intervention

Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

Young people unite to air their views on riots

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

ADCS calls for Ofsted workforce shake-up

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Jane Ellison confirmed as children's health minister

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

Review recommends ‘revision' of YOT funding levels

Payment-by-results outreach service to further bolster support for troubled families

Government to pump £200m more into Troubled Families programme

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Children of parents who abuse alcohol miss out on support

Government to push ahead with axing emergency support fund

Children's professionals risk sack for failing to report FGM

Sector demands early intervention commitment from next government

Government commits to ‘long-term' funding for Centre of Expertise to tackle child abuse

Study highlights postcode lottery of child health

Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners

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