Joint planning and commissioning: research
The research reports below look at aspects of joint planning and commissioning in children's services.
Children's
Services: Overarching Report on Children's Services Markets
A report drawing together research on markets for childcare,
positive activities for young people, parental and family support, residential
homes and fostering.
Commissioning Voluntary
Adoption Agencies
The final report from independent research into the way local authorities
commission voluntary adoption agencies.
Evaluation
of Commissioning the Voluntary Sector with a Capacity Building Model of
Commissioning
A step-by-step look at Sandwell's evaluation project and the capacity
building model.
Review
of Capacity in the Parenting Support Market
This study increases our understanding of the parenting support market by
exploring barriers to market development. It also looks at developing
services in children's centres and extended schools, and the option of
charging for services.
Market
for Disabled Children's Services: A Review
The review was commissioned to provide information to inform policy
development regarding individual budgets for families with disabled children,
and the development of services to support disabled children and their families
more generally in the light of existing provision for children with
SEN and disabilities.
Determining
the Optimum Supply of Children's Residential Care - Final Report (31
July 2007)
This report summarises the factors affecting supply and demand for
children's residential care and drivers therein. Its purpose is to
inform DCSF and local authority policy-making.
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This page was last updated on 19 October 2007
