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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for troubled families
2 results foundAuthor: Day, Laurie Title: National Evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme: Final Synthesis Report Summary: In January 2013, Ecorys was commissioned by Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to lead a consortium providing an independent evaluation of the Phase One Troubled Families Programme1 . The evaluation included process, impact and economic strands of work, culminating in a set of final reports in September 2015. This report presents the overall summative findings from the evaluation. It is based on triangulated evidence from across all strands of the evaluation informing the final report series, which include:  quasi-experimental research using outcomes data from national administrative datasets, and a large-scale face-to-face survey of families, comparing families going through the programme with a matched comparison group  qualitative case study research with a purposive sample of 20 local authorities, conducted longitudinally, and  snapshot qualitative telephone interviews with a further 50 local authorities. The report also draws selectively on monitoring data collected on a self-report basis from 143 local authorities at three points in time during the evaluation, and a quantitative survey of local authorities conducted during the early stages of the programme to map the broad characteristics of local Troubled Families programmes. The synthesis report is complemented with a series of technical reports, detailing the findings from the impact analysis of the administrative data (Bewley, et al., 2016); survey data (Purdon and Bryson, 2016); process evaluation (White and Day, 2016), and qualitative research with families (Blades, et al., 2016). The series also includes shorter technical reports on the Family Monitoring Data (Whitley, 2016), and the survey of families (Panayiotou, et al., 2016). The launch of the programme followed an announcement in December 2011 of the commitment to work with the 120,000 most ‘troubled’ families. This figure was based on earlier Cabinet Office analyses of the Families and Children Study (See DCLG 2012a). This found that 120,000 families in England were estimated to meet five of the following seven criteria:  no parent in the family was in work;  the family lived in poor-quality or overcrowded housing;  no parent had any qualifications;  the mother had mental health problems;  at least one parent had a long-standing limiting illness, disability or infirmity;  the family had a low income (below 60 per cent of the median); and  the family could not afford a number of items of food and clothing. The Troubled Families Programme was subsequently launched in April 2012. As set out within the Troubled Families Financial Framework (DCLG, 2013), the administrative definition of 'troubled families' for the programme was based on households who meet the following criteria: 1. are involved in crime and anti-social behaviour 2. have children not in school 3. have an adult on out of work benefits2 4. cause high costs to the public purse Details: London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2016. 86p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 3, 2017 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/560499/Troubled_Families_Evaluation_Synthesis_Report.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/560499/Troubled_Families_Evaluation_Synthesis_Report.pdf Shelf Number: 140806 Keywords: Families Family Interventions Troubled Families |
Author: Frontier Economics Title: The value of prevention. Report prepared for St Giles Trust Summary: Frontier Economics was commissioned by the St Giles Trust to carry out a study exploring the potential benefits of preventative interventions aimed at troubled families. St Giles Trust is currently funded by Barclays to deliver support to 100 troubled families in Southwark and Tower Hamlets through the CAFÉ Gamechangers project. In carrying out this study we have reviewed a number of academic studies, publications by government departments and third sector organisations. We were also able to carry out a site visit at St Giles Trust and interview staff delivering services to troubled families as well as some of the recipients of those services. This report summarises our best interpretation of the literature we have reviewed to date. It also contains some qualitative case studies compiled during our visit at St Giles Trust which illustrate the impact charities can make in the lives of troubled families. The slide pack is structured as follows: - We describe the role that charities can play in supporting troubled families and the particular work being carried out by St Giles=' CAFE Gamechangers project - We highlight the costs of troubled families - in particular the costs to the Exchequer of reactive spending, spending that deals with the consequences of troubled families - Finally, we highlight the substantial benefits that can arise when troubled families are impacted on by successful interventions Details: London: Frontier Economics, 2013. 51p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 7, 2019 at: https://www.stgilestrust.org.uk/misc/Benefits%20of%20early%20intervention.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.stgilestrust.org.uk/misc/Benefits%20of%20early%20intervention.pdf Shelf Number: 154533 Keywords: Crime Prevention Delinquency Prevention Intervention Programs Troubled Families |