Change for Families encourages children's centres, schools, employment advisers and housing partnerships to work together to help families with multiple problems into work and out of poverty.
The programme has been developed in light of the Government's plans to trial payment-by-results in children's centres (News, 12-25 July).
It also aims to tackle barriers that stop people moving into employment or addressing learning needs, and provide training for practitioners on understanding disadvantage and ways to engage families.
Capacity director Margaret Lochrie said, 'Our research recognised that the problem in parenting is a lack of opportunities available to parents in their community. Skill deprivation has a major impact on parenting.'
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