Families get funds to tackle truancy: Dudley Council to spend £2,000 on troubled households
Troubled families in Dudley will have extra cash spent on them to try and tackle problems such as anti-social behaviour, crime and truancy.
The council has been granted £2,000 per family to stop problems being passed down from generation to generation. Around 2,500 families are set to benefit.
Unemployed people will be helped to find work and health issues such as teen pregnancies addressed.
Dudley Council is one of only two authorities in the West Midlands to be awarded more funding towards its 'troubled families' programme. Around 750 families were offered help during the first two years of the scheme and now the authority has revealed that it hopes to support a further 2,500.
The council will receive approximately £2,000 per families in Government funding. It will also reach out to families with a broader range of problems including those dealing with domestic violence and abuse with younger children who need help and a range of physical and mental health problems.
Councillor Tim Crumpton, cabinet member for children's services, said: "The extra funding will allow more families in Dudley to benefit from the programme with further support for families affected by domestic violence and those suffering with a range of health problems. I would particularly like to thank the troubled families team and partner organisations who have worked tirelessly and gone the extra mile to make a real difference.
"As a result of Dudley's work, other councils across the country will potentially benefit from our early work in transforming the lives of families when they begin the new programme in April 2015."
The Troubled Families Programme was launched by David Cameron in the wake of the 2011 riots.
