Local authority targeted parenting and family support funding
The Families Division at DCSF currently administers 3 grants to local authorities to provide targeted parenting and whole-family support. These initiatives have been highlighted in the Children's Plan.
Parenting Support Strategy Grant
Funding for:
-
Parenting Experts (for all LAs) to employ senior
practitioners to deliver evidence based parenting programmes for parents of
children and young people considered to be at risk e.g. family substance misuse
issues, mental health and/or domestic violence; they also provide support to
the parenting commissioner.
-
Parenting Early Intervention Programme - PEIP (for 42 LAs)
- aim to increase support for the parents of children and young people aged 8 -
13 years old at risk of negative outcomes (particularly anti-social behaviour)
and ensure they receive a coordinated package of support at an early
stage.
- Family Pathfinders (for 15 LAs) and Extended Family Pathfinders for young carers (for 6 LAs) - to improve outcomes for families caught in a cycle of low achievement, particularly those who are not being effectively engaged and supported by existing services and to encourage greater co-operation with adult and children's services, including social care, employment, housing, adult mental health and adult skills.
Respect Parenting Practitioner Grant
Funding for 77 local authorities, including at district level, to employ senior parenting practitioners to deliver parenting programmes for parents of children and young people considered to be risk of anti-social behaviour or offending.
Family Intervention Project Grant
Funding for 65 local authorities, including at district level, to deliver intensive support and challenge to families who, due to their anti-social-behaviour, were at risk of being evicted from their home.
Terms and conditions / claim forms
Parenting
Support Strategy Grant terms and conditions circular and progress
report template for quarters 1 and 2
Respect
Parenting Practitioner Grant terms and conditions circular and progress
report template for quarters 1 and 2
Family
Intervention Project Grant terms and conditions circular and finance
report template
Claim forms and progress reports for quarters 1 and 2 need to be
submitted by Friday 17 October in order for payments to be made by 31
October.
Guidance
Resources for
staff working with children of prisoners
Evidence-based resources for staff working with children of
prisoners
Guidance
on Respect Parenting Practitioner (RPP) posts
Free
training and support from the National Academy for Parenting
Practitioners
Parenting
Experts Q&A
Resources
for practitioners and other stakeholders working with families affected by
parental mental health problems
Parenting
Early Intervention Programme guidance
Parenting
Early Intervention Programme Q&A
Family
Pathfinders
This page was last updated on 13 October 2008
