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| Work plan for 'troubled families' across England | Work plan for 'troubled families' across England |
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| Ministers have announced more details of their programme to help "troubled families" in England. | Ministers have announced more details of their programme to help "troubled families" in England. |
| Eight specialist welfare-to-work firms have been appointed to help individuals overcome barriers to getting a job and staying in work. | Eight specialist welfare-to-work firms have been appointed to help individuals overcome barriers to getting a job and staying in work. |
| These include skills like timekeeping, writing a CV and job interviews. | These include skills like timekeeping, writing a CV and job interviews. |
| Labour and charities say the government needs to do more to tackle deep-seated educational and economic inequalities as well as drug and alcohol problems. | Labour and charities say the government needs to do more to tackle deep-seated educational and economic inequalities as well as drug and alcohol problems. |
| The government has set itself a goal of turning around the lives of 120,000 "problem families" which it says are costing the state billions of pounds through the NHS and the criminal justice system. | The government has set itself a goal of turning around the lives of 120,000 "problem families" which it says are costing the state billions of pounds through the NHS and the criminal justice system. |
| Last month, David Cameron pledged £450m for a network of "troubleshooters" to identify those families most in need. | Last month, David Cameron pledged £450m for a network of "troubleshooters" to identify those families most in need. |
| 'Real commitment' | 'Real commitment' |
| Employment Minister Chris Grayling will outline details of how the government hopes to encourage individuals who have not worked for many years to get back into the workplace. | |
| Specialist providers from the voluntary and private sector will be paid by results if they meet certain targets, culminating in helping people finding a job. | Specialist providers from the voluntary and private sector will be paid by results if they meet certain targets, culminating in helping people finding a job. |
| They will also provide specialist advice on issues like family finances, managing relationships with schools, as well as housing and health problems. | They will also provide specialist advice on issues like family finances, managing relationships with schools, as well as housing and health problems. |
| The initiative, which covers families in England with at least one person on out-of-work benefits, is being backed by £200m in funding from the European Social Fund, money the UK receives from the European Union each year. | The initiative, which covers families in England with at least one person on out-of-work benefits, is being backed by £200m in funding from the European Social Fund, money the UK receives from the European Union each year. |
| Local authorities will decide which eligible families are referred to the support programme. | Local authorities will decide which eligible families are referred to the support programme. |
| Mr Grayling said it was part of a "comprehensive" programme of support available to families - both from central and local government - whose lives have been blighted by a range of problems, including long-term unemployment, addiction, anti-social behaviour and truancy. | Mr Grayling said it was part of a "comprehensive" programme of support available to families - both from central and local government - whose lives have been blighted by a range of problems, including long-term unemployment, addiction, anti-social behaviour and truancy. |
| "The organisation taking part in this programme are staking their own money on their ability to turn the lives of these people around," Mr Grayling said. | "The organisation taking part in this programme are staking their own money on their ability to turn the lives of these people around," Mr Grayling said. |
| "There is a real commitment out there to deliver social change and to help people do much better with their lives." | "There is a real commitment out there to deliver social change and to help people do much better with their lives." |
| The initiative is modelled on the government's Work Programme, a similar payments-by-results scheme which ministers say is the largest of its kind since the 1930s. | The initiative is modelled on the government's Work Programme, a similar payments-by-results scheme which ministers say is the largest of its kind since the 1930s. |
| But critics say the programme has failed to deliver at a time when unemployment has risen steadily to above 2.6 million - with youth unemployment topping the one million mark - and amid predictions jobless totals will continue to rise this year. | But critics say the programme has failed to deliver at a time when unemployment has risen steadily to above 2.6 million - with youth unemployment topping the one million mark - and amid predictions jobless totals will continue to rise this year. |
| Labour and charities have said suitable job opportunities do not exist in many of the most deprived communities. | Labour and charities have said suitable job opportunities do not exist in many of the most deprived communities. |