During last year's Spending Round, the Government announced it would extend the Troubled Families programme, due to end in 2020, by another year. The programme, launched in 2015, was originally set to run for five years.
The new investment will be used to tackle ‘complex inter-connected problems including unemployment, poor school attendance, mental health issues, anti-social behaviour and domestic abuse.
According to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, since the programme began, 297,733 families have ‘made improvements with the problems that led to them joining the programme.
Key findings from an evaluation of the programme, published last spring, reveal compared to families with similar characteristics not in the programme 19 – 24 months after receiving support:
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