Addressing online delegates at the Early Intervention Foundation’s (EIF) National Conference, Ms Ford announced a £4.4m investment to extend Covid-19 response programmes run by major children’s charities.
She also set out plans to create a National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Services aimed at improving vulnerable families’ access to integrated health and education services. The successful contractor for the Centre is due to be announced in March 2021 with the aim of it being ‘live’ by May.
The Centre will support areas and councils to set up new hubs by drawing on existing best practice. Suppliers will be invited to work alongside family hubs to design and deliver robust evaluations of their effectiveness and value for money. This will help national and local organisations understand which models work most effectively and can be replicated, as well as the best way to integrate a range of family services.
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