This item was published during the term of a previous administration that ended in April 2007
Listen
Money doubled for integrated services
22/11/2002
Funding to promote better integrated services for
vulnerable and deprived children will be doubled, a
conference was told today.
The Changing Children's Services Fund (CCSF) is to be be
extended for a further two years and, as a result of the
Scottish Budget in September, £66 million will be available
by 2006 to continue work already under way.
Speaking at the Barnardo's Scotland annual conference in
Dundee, Education and Young People Minister Cathy Jamieson
said:
"It is vital that every child in Scotland gets the best
start in life. To achieve this we need to deliver
high-quality, joined-up children's services so that all
young people get the support they need - especially our
most vulnerable and deprived young people.
"The CCSF has helped us to drive this agenda forward.
However we recognise that the necessary transformation
won't happen overnight. That's why I am announcing today
that we will continue to fund the CCSF. Not only that, we
will double the funding available this year to £66 million
by 2006.
"This will support local authorities, health services
and the voluntary sector in working together to secure
better outcomes for Scotland's young people.
"Next week, the First Minister will announce the outcome
of our Child Protection Review. The Review is likely to
recommend further improvements to integrated children's
services.
"The CCSF will allow us to deliver this quickly and help
ensure no child falls through gaps between service
providers. We will monitor the use of the fund to ensure
that it makes a real difference to the lives of our most
disadvantaged children."
The CCSF was launched in November 2000 and was
originally intended to run until 2004. Funding previously
announced amounts to £81.5 million over three years.
- 2001-2002 - £4 million (for drugs strand only)
- 2002-2003 - £33 million (including £6 million for
services to children affected by their own or parental
drugs misuse)
- 2003-2004 - £49.5 million (including £8 million for
drugs programme)
It will now run to:
- 2004-2005 - £60.5 million
- 2005-2006 - £65.5 million
The fund is intended to be a catalyst for change. It is
a source of transitional funding to support local
authorities, NHS boards and voluntary organisations in
delivering better outcomes for the most vulnerable and
deprived children through more effective and integrated
service delivery.
Funds promote:
- The expansion of good practice in delivery of well
integrated services
- Modernisation to reshape existing services to
achieve better integrated support
- New and innovative approaches to integrated service
delivery