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Developing a Liverpool City Region Child Poverty Framework Claire Hogan

Developing a Liverpool City Region Child Poverty Framework Claire Hogan. What I aim to cover. The role of City Employment Strategy in moving the Child Poverty Agenda forward sub-regionally The child poverty toolkit Scale of poverty across the sub-region

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Developing a Liverpool City Region Child Poverty Framework Claire Hogan

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  1. Developing a Liverpool City Region Child Poverty FrameworkClaire Hogan

  2. What I aim to cover • The role of City Employment Strategy in moving the Child Poverty Agenda forward sub-regionally • The child poverty toolkit • Scale of poverty across the sub-region • LCR child poverty framework – what has happened so far and next steps.

  3. Overview of the City Employment Strategy • What is the City Employment Strategy? • Merseyside is one of fifteen pathfinder areas and includes the following Local Authorities: - Halton - Knowsley - Liverpool - Sefton - St Helens - Wirral

  4. Localising the National Agenda Worklessness is widely accepted as the main driver of child Poverty and given the CES remit we adopted child poverty as a key priority. Initially we wanted to examine how we… • Address ‘in work’ poverty and engage employers? • Learn from previous successes, e.g. tackling worklessness • Understand how child poverty undermines our wider efforts in Merseyside? • Know what would make the greatest difference? • Align work on Child poverty with SCS, LAA, MAA

  5. The child poverty toolkit • Knowsley LSP sponsored the development of the child poverty toolkit by Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI) and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) • CES commissioned the roll out of the toolkit across the six Merseyside boroughs • Wider aims of the toolkit and its benefits

  6. The scale of child poverty across the Liverpool City Region

  7. The scale of the problem across Merseyside

  8. Actual numbers of children in poverty (2008)

  9. Infant Mortality Source: National Statistics 1999-2006

  10. Life Expectancy at Birth - Females Source: Neighbourhood Statistics 1991-2007

  11. Absence from School - Secondary Schools Source: Neighbourhood Statistics

  12. Absence from School - Primary Schools Source: Neighbourhood Statistics

  13. What does the child poverty toolkit look like? You can access the toolkit at www.childpovertytoolkit.org.uk

  14. Building on the toolkit Excellent starting point but… • Data only to Local Authority Level • Need to build a more localised picture – drill down to neighbourhood level

  15. The child poverty framework • Building on the requirements outlined in the Child Poverty Bill the child poverty framework will: • Become an essential tool for those in local partnerships who are instrumental in developing child poverty strategies • Ensure consistency and clarity in relation to data and methodology • Develop a common understanding of cross boundary challenges and opportunities for joint work • Ensure commitment to developing an integrated approach to tackling child poverty from wide range of partners/agencies

  16. Next steps • Final version of the Child Poverty Framework initial analysis report – (Dec 09) • Establish LCR child poverty Commission • Conduct LCR needs analysis (early 2010) • Cross cutting consultation phase with key stakeholders and partners across LCR (early 2010) • Build on the lessons learned from the ‘Knowsley Model’ and their child poverty programme • Commission consultation with young people across LCR • Publish final framework and action plan (April 2010)

  17. Developing an action plan under four broad themes • Raising family Income • Improving outcomes for children and families • Mitigating the impacts of child poverty • Communications, consultation and challenging perceptions

  18. LCR Child Poverty Commission If approved the LCR commission will: • Become the driving force behind the City Regions approach to tackling child poverty • Oversee the implementation of the child poverty action plan • Ensure the LCR voice is at the forefront of national and EU wide policy development

  19. Some emerging issues • Affordable Childcare? • Skills Agenda – need to move people beyond ‘in work’ poverty • Employer Engagement • Strategy Fatigue • Identifying gaps • Addressing policy tensions – positive parenting agenda/welfare to work

  20. Current initiatives Some examples of activity: • Prisons project • Alignment of housing and worklessness agendas • Child Poverty Pilots

  21. Over to you • Thoughts on Initial analysis paper and Policy into Action papers • Your commitment to engage in the consultation process • Network of critical friends

  22. Questions? Claire.hogan@knowsley.gov.uk

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