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<p>The Government understands the vital role that women’s centres play in supporting
women in the community with complex needs to address the underlying causes of their
offending behaviour, which the report, the Value of Women’s Centres’, sets out. The
MoJ is investing up to £24 million in women’s community services through grant competitions
that aim to both support the sector in delivering vital services and to promote better
local integration in how those services are delivered. The effectiveness of our funding
for women’s community services will be evaluated and inform future funding decisions,
including whether to establish a cross departmental fund.</p><p> </p><p>It also remains
our intention to publish a Delivery Plan for the Female Offender Strategy in the coming
months. The Delivery Plan will be accompanied by an Impact Assessment that will include
an estimate of the number of women that could be supported through women’s services
as a result of our funding, based on the number of interventions that could be provided.</p>
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