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<p>The department currently has no plans to reinstate the Commissioning Support Programme.</p><p>We
are providing funding through our £200 million Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme
to test new commissioning arrangements so that children and young people are matched
to the right care placements to meet their needs.</p><p>We are developing central
commissioning arrangements for secure children’s homes placements and will be providing
seed funding for fostering partnerships to introduce new or expanded collaborative
approaches for commissioning, sufficiency planning and integrated models of care.</p><p>We
have set up a Residential Care Leadership Board to drive forward improvements in commissioning
and share learning and best practice across the sector. <strong><br> <br> </strong></p>
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