Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Communities seeking approval to accept funding of £765,000 to deliver the Troubled Families programme and to endorse in principle the initial programme of work agreed through the Troubled Families Steering Group, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: 12/13 8601)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities, Cabinet agreed, with modification, the following:

(i)  To accept, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, the £765,000 Department for Education Troubled Families grant and to note that a further £166,400 may be received on a payment by results basis if we meet the agreed targets.

(ii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, revenue expenditure of £765,000 in 2012/13.

(iii)  To delegate to the Director of Children’s Services and Learning following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities and the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, the decision regarding the final delivery model, including the appointment of a (fixed term) full time co-ordinator subject to the Council’s Recruitment Policy.