FW: Social Exclusion Task Force News Update: January 2008

[Guest guest]

Dear all

Documents coming out of the cabinet office are usually excellent and a quick

glance suggests this is no exception. It is also announcing another funding

round, for 'Family Pathfinder' initiatives, which might allow local

excellence to shine, instead of just importing approaches from overseas.

Best wishes

Professor Cowley

Acting Head, Health Policy and Management Dept.,

Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery

King's College London

5th Floor WBW, lin Wilkins Building

150 Stamford Street

London SE1 9NH

T: 020 7848 3030 (p.a. Caroline, 3023)

F: 020 7848 3764

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Social Exclusion Task Force News Update: January 2008

Think Family: Improving the life chances of families at risk

Today Ed Miliband, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, and Beverley ,

the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Famililes, launched a

new approach to local services to improve support for the most disadvantaged

families and prevent problems passing down from excluded parents to their

children.

The Think Family report – published by the Social Exclusion Task Force in

the Cabinet Office – will ensure adult services support whole families not

just individuals, and announces a £16m programme of local pilots, to be led

by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

The Think Family report is part of the Families At-Risk Review which

outlines the Government's commitment to improving the life chances of

families at risk, including sustained support for systems reform through:

• Committing £16 million to establish a Family Pathfinder programme to

develop evidence of what works and share the best solutions on the ground

(funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families)

• Initiating an ongoing dialogue between central government, local

authorities and their partners

• Announcing policy changes and commitments from nine government

departments

A key next stage of the review is the Family Pathfinder programme, funded by

the Department for Children, Schools and Families. This will test and inform

the development and implementation of the ‘think family’ approach, and

continue this vital dialogue between central government, local partners and

the third sector.

You can read the report at:

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/socia

l_exclusion_task_force/think_families/think_family_life_chances_report.pdf

You can find out more about the Think Family approach on our website:

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/families_at_risk

..aspx

Socially Excluded Adults Public Service Agreement

As part of the implementation phase of the Public Service Agreement (PSA)

for Socially Excluded Adults, the Social Exclusion Task Force conducted a

series of workshops across the country on indicator data and Local Area

Agreements.

You can find out more about PSA and the workshops, including regional data

sets, at:

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/psa.aspx

Social Exclusion Task Force

Cabinet Office

setaskforce@...

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force.aspx