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<p>The Troubled Families initiative aims to turn families around. This means children
are back in school for three consecutive terms and there has been significant reductions
in youth crime and anti-social behaviour; or an adult in the family is back in work
for at least three months. The first Troubled Families Programme is on track to achieve
its goal to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families across England by May
2015. As of February 2015, over 105,000 families had been turned around. Final results
will be published shortly. <br><br>The first programme has been subject to an independent
national evaluation carried out by a consortium of research organisations, led by
Ecorys UK Ltd and comprising Ipsos MORI, The National Institute for Economic and Social
Research, Bryson Purdon Research and Clarissa White Research. The evaluation is assessing
the impact, process and cost benefit of the programme. In July 2014, an initial report
on the characteristics and problems experienced by families in the programme was published
titled <em>Understanding Troubled Families</em>. The full final evaluation report
is due later this summer.</p><p>The new expanded Troubled Families Programme aims
to help up to 400,000 additional families achieve significant and sustainable change.
It was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and an evaluation of this programme has
already begun, delivered by the Office of National Statistics, Ipsos MORI and The
Stationary Office. This will build on the first programme's assessments of impact
and cost benefit, alongside a programme of qualitative research with local authorities
and families to understand if and how services have adapted to work more effectively
with families and those families' experiences of services.</p>
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