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<p>We are committed to delivering long term, sustainable improvements to the children’s
social care system. <em>Putting Children First: Delivering our vision for excellent
children’s social care </em>(July 2016) sets out the government’s reform programme
for children’s social care in England for the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The government
recognises the life changing impact domestic abuse can have on the lives of children.
That is why we have expanded the Troubled Families Programme until 2020 to work with
an additional 400,000 families, including those affected by domestic abuse.</p><p>
</p><p>The government’s <em>Violence Against Women Strategy</em> (April 2016), stresses
the importance of taking an integrated whole-family approach to addressing and stopping
violence and abuse. The government has provided £2m in funding to support new models
developed by Safelives and Women’s Aid to identify and support victims and their families
at an earlier stage and provide effective wrap-around support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department
for Education is funding four grants, totalling around £900,000, from 2016 to March
2018 to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations working on issues concerning
domestic abuse. Further details of the VCS grants can be found here; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-projects-to-help-safeguard-vulnerable-children</p>
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