Deprivation and risk: the case for early intervention shows that early interventions with very young children are likely to prove the most effective for long-term outcomes.
Action for Children chief executive Dame Clare Tickell said, 'The mounting evidence shows a clear case for early intervention as the solution to tackling deprivation. We must understand deprivation as the complex issue it is, and stop focusing on fiscal solutions alone, if we want to break intergenerational and deep-rooted deprivation.'
The charity is urging the coalition Government to invest in early intervention. It claims that so far, Governments have taken a simplistic approach to deprivation and concentrated on income alone, when the most vulnerable families experience complex deprivation made up of a range of severe needs and difficulties.
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