Tackling Poverty Action Plan

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Family interventions. By mid-2014, we will develop a set of nationalstandards based on the evaluation evidence.The actions identified in Sustainable Social Services will removeunhelpful boundaries between adult and children’s social services. Thiswill deliver a programme of transformation in the delivery of socialservices, to meet the needs of our most vulnerable and disadvantagedpeople.Educational attainmentThe School Standards and Organisation Bill will ensure that primaryschool free breakfasts are available in all maintained schools unlessthe Local Authority cannot reasonably achieve this.There is strong evidence that particular groups are under-achievingand this includes disabled children, boys and certain ethnic minoritygroups including Pakistani, Bangladeshi, African Caribbean and GypsyTraveller children and young people. Within the Strategic Equality <strong>Plan</strong>there are detailed actions to address this:We will improve the outcomes for disabled children and youngpeople and those with Special Educational Needs through thereform of the Additional Learning Needs statutory framework.We will analyse information and identify issues whereinterventions are needed to drive up attainment amongst thoseethnic minority groups who are underachieving includingpatterns of school exclusions.ChildcareAccess to affordable childcare that is of a quality that ensures that thedevelopmental outcomes for the child are improved is also central tosupporting parents back to work. Successive reports have highlighted that thisis still one the biggest barriers to people in poverty who are looking to enterthe workplace. Access to high quality affordable childcare has therefore beenidentified by Ministers as a key priority for tackling poverty.We will examine ways of increasing the availability of affordable, qualitychildcare, building on statutory local authority assessments of need andengaging with the private sector, social enterprises, professional bodies andothers. A cross - Welsh Government group has already begun looking at howwe can integrate childcare provision across Early Years from pre-birth to 7years, including Flying Start and Foundation Phase. This work will beextended to further cooperation to develop an integrated approach to servicesand 'wrap-around' care outside of core school hours for children from 8-16,including Out of School Childcare Grant and free school breakfasts. We will:11
undertake a more detailed analysis of the most recent ChildcareSufficiency Assessments and further develop the cross departmentalwork around early years to encompass the priority of affordablechildcare, in the context of reducing levels of poverty;undertake an analysis of the financial assistance currently available toparents through local and Jobcentre plus programmes;establish where there are gaps in childcare provision and make earlyrecommendations on how the supply of childcare can be stimulatedand supported;explore where key programmes can be used to maximise the ability forparents to access childcare support, including the role of local FamilyInformation Services;make initial recommendations on the type of support that we couldprovide parents; indicative costs and potential models for delivery.12
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