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<p>Our Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22 million is already supporting 29 projects
in England and Wales. Over £17 million has already been allocated to projects delivering
interventions to young people at risk of criminal involvement, gang exploitation and
county lines.</p><p>The successful bids were announced in November 2018 and so it
is too early to make an assessment of the Fund’s effectiveness and any accomplishments.</p><p>We
will be appointing an independent evaluation partner who will support local partnerships
with monitoring arrangements and will gather qualitative and quantitative data over
the course of the project. This work will contribute to a programme wide evaluation,
including an overview of what we have learnt about good practice. The projects will
also be required to provide regular updates on their progress.</p>
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