AQW 39946/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 08/12/2014
Answered On Date: 06/02/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the Early Intervention Transformation Programme, as part of the framework for Delivering Social Change.

Answer:

The Early Intervention Transformation Programme is one of three Delivering Social Change Signature Programmes co-funded by Atlantic Philanthropies which we announced in September 2014.

A Programme Board has been established and three initial work-streams have been identified, as follows:

Work-stream 1 to focus on equipping all parents with the skills needed to give their child the best start in life;

Work-stream 2 to focus on supporting families locally when problems first emerge and before they become embedded; and

Work-stream 3 to focus on addressing the impact of adversity on children, by intervening both earlier and more effectively to reduce the risk of poor outcomes later in life.

Whilst the projects within Work-streams 1 and 2 are currently being developed via a broad engagement process, three initial projects from Work-stream 3 have been approved by the Programme Board and are actively being pursued. These relate to earlier intervention in the lives of children living in particularly adverse circumstances.