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The Troubled Families Programme: Emma Jones, Deputy Director of Troubled Families Team

The Troubled Families Programme: Emma Jones, Deputy Director of Troubled Families Team September 2013. The Programme. Our objective is to turn around the lives of 120,000 families

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The Troubled Families Programme: Emma Jones, Deputy Director of Troubled Families Team

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  1. The Troubled Families Programme: Emma Jones, Deputy Director of Troubled Families Team September 2013

  2. The Programme • Our objective is to turn around the lives of 120,000 families “ … I will make sure that we clear away the red tape and the bureaucratic wrangling, and put rocket boosters under this programme…with a clear ambition that within the lifetime of this Parliament we will turn around the lives of the 120,000 most troubled families in the country”. Prime Minister, 2011 • £448million and three years to achieve this. Payment by results scheme + National Network of Troubled Families Coordinators + Independent Evaluation + 150 Jobcentre Plus Secondees

  3. Who is a Troubled Family? Troubled families are households who meet 3 of the following criteria: • Are involved in youth crime or ASB; • Have children who are regularly truanting or not in school; • Have an adult on out of work benefits; and • Cause high costs to the public purse (with local discretion on how to identify these issues).

  4. One Troubled Family’s Contact with Local Services From 2003 …to 2012 A post-it = a contact or intervention Police/ Community Safety Health Social Care Housing Community Outreach CAF Coordination Barnados Attendance Service Housing Benefit Family Intervention Project 4 4

  5. The Economic Case: The View from Whitehall The estimated average fiscal cost of a troubled family is around £75,000 per year. For further detail on this analysis see: The Fiscal Case for Working with Troubled Families: Analysis and Evidence on the Costs of Troubled Families to Government, DCLG (January 2013)

  6. The Troubled Families Programme is working • Bold programme to turn around 120,000 troubled families. • Over two-thirds identified to date (80,000) • Working with about 40% to date (50,000) • Already turned around 14,000 families • Support: Topped the annual Local Government Chronicle poll of LA CEOs - most highly rated government programme (for 2nd year running) “I often say that the Troubled Families initiative is CLG’s most important programme, and it is a beacon of innovation in austere times. Most of all, it is an appeal to both the head and the heart and it unites Whitehall and the Town Hall in common purpose.” Local Authority Chief Executive

  7. Extending the Programme • 5 year extension of the Troubled Families Programme from 2015 • £200m in 2015/16 • 400,000 families will benefit from the new PBR scheme • Part of the radical reform agenda to be announced by the Chancellor as part of 2015/16 Spending Round • Working with local public services to design the detail of this programme over the coming months.

  8. Key Youth Justice Issues • Supporting Local Practice: Building operational partnerships and service integration with youth justice services and other CJS agencies • Strategic / Financial Buy-In: Of the £9bn annual spend on TFs, £2.5 bn per year of reactive CJS expenditure (mainly police, court and prison costs), compared with £30m per year targeted CJS spend (mainly Parenting Orders) – How do we shift the balance? • Data Sharing: Identification, outcomes and ongoing intelligence.

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