Category: Government

How well is Cambridge tackling troubled families?

The Paul Stainton Bigger Breakfast Show investigates how well Cambridgeshire is tackling ‘problem families’, following the government programme launched in 2011, calling on councils to do more to help. The link takes you to the whole show, dial in to 1:06 to listen to the article. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01chr44  

£1bn boost to Troubled Families programme

Eric Pickles –  Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Treasury ministers have announced a potential £1bn spending round boost to the Coalition’s troubled families initiative – which would see the DCLG continue to run the payment-by-results scheme and receive funding from across Whitehall. This additional investment in the Troubled Families Programme is great […]

Infoshare helps Nottinghamshire County Council meet Government Troubled Families targets

ClearCore Solution reduces time taken to identify at-risk families from three months to two hours Nottingham County Council (NCC) has worked with Infoshare to effectively execute the recent Government Troubled Families programme.  Under this legislation, which came into effect in 2011, councils are incentivised to identify the families struggling to cope and to find new […]