To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities seeking approval to accept funding of £765,000 to deliver Troubled Families programme and to endorse in principle the initial programme of work agreed through the Troubled Families Steering Group
Troubled Families is a national initiative promoted by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) which aims to turnaround families with complex needs. Based on statistical analysis alone the DCLG has allocated funding for us to work with 685 families who are in receipt of benefits due to not working, and:
· Are involved in anti-social behaviour or their children are involved in crime; or
· The children do not attend school regularly or have poor behaviour resulting in exclusion.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Decision due: 17 Jul 2012 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Communities & Customer Engagement
Department: Children's Safeguarding Portfolio
Contact: Email: lesley.hobbs@southampton.gov,uk.
Consultation process
Meetings
Consultees
Members for the Troubled Families Steering Group: Southampton Voluntary Services, Job Centre Plus, Solent NHS, Public Health, Police, Probation and officers within SCC from Children’s Services, Adult, Health and Social Care, Economic Development, Environment, SCC Democratic Services, Legal, Finance and Property Services
Public Comments may be sent to: Lesley Hobbs