Evaluation of Supporting Families Spend and Early Help Funding Across Local Authorities

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Department for Education awarded a contract to IFF Research for the Supporting Families Spend Evaluation, valued at £278,428.

The evaluation had three research aims: to assess the feasibility of consistently and accurately measuring early help spend, including spend funded by the Supporting Families programme, between local authorities; to understand how local authorities are spending early help funding, including the Supporting Families uplift, and whether this differs between local authorities; and to explore estimated and perceived early impacts of the Supporting Families uplift on outputs and outcomes, and whether this differs between local authorities.

The anticipated approach included a feasibility assessment, a process evaluation, and an outcome and impact evaluation.