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- Family Intervention Projects
Family Intervention Projects
The primary objective of family intervention projects is to stop the anti-social behaviour (ASB) of a small number of highly problematic families and restore safety to their homes and to the wider community. Family Intervention Projects (FIPs) use a twin-track approach with help for the families to address the causes of their behaviour, alongside supervision and enforcement tools to provide them with the incentives to change. A key worker 'grips' the family, the causes of their poor behaviour and the agencies involved with them, to deliver a more coordinated, intensive response.
The majority of existing projects are funded through the existing Supporting People grant (www.spkweb.org.uk) - awarded to authorities on an annual basis - and outcomes can be positive with the vast majority of families achieving remarkable changes in their attitude and behaviour. The projects are also effective in achieving other outcomes such as preventing eviction and homelessness and improving school attendance.
Given the successes of these projects the Respect Task Force (RTF) are working with 50 authorities who have agreed develop a FIP. This a cross government commitment involving Communities and Local Government (CLG), Department for Education and Skills (DFES), Department of Health (DH), and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as well as RTF. Communities and Local Government are working in close partnership with the RTF in ensuring that these projects are established effectively and that mainstream funding is identified to fund these new projects. Information on these projects is available on the Respect website: www.respect.gov.uk.
