Eric Pickles has announced details of an expansion of the
government’s Troubled Families programme. Work will begin this year in 51 of
the best performing areas, ahead of a national 5 year programme from 2015 to
help more troubled families who cost the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds
per year without intervention. Recent research shows that troubled families
that have been worked with so far have an average of 9 serious problems such as
truancy, crime, anti-social behaviour, worklessness and domestic violence. As
well as expanding from working with school-age children to those under 5, the
wider programme will also have a particular focus on improving poor health,
which new data published today highlights is a particular problem in troubled
families, with 71% having a physical health problem and 46% a mental health
concern. Read more on the CLG website.
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