This game of funding musical chairs must stop
By Howard Williamson
Children & Young People Now
6 February 2008
The principle is a good one and absolutely right: early intervention in childhood, providing support to children and their families, carries the best prospect of reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors for children and young people further down the track.
Indeed, an early new Labour initiative was On Track, established by the Home Office in 24 pilot areas to reduce the likelihood of disadvantaged young people turning to crime. The focus, however, was on five core interventions (such as parent support and training, home-school links and family therapy) and other optional ones relating to advice and guidance in family,...