£6m pledge for children of alcoholics

The Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to help children living with alcoholic parents. The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking to identify children at risk more quickly, and to provide them with rapid access to support and advice.

The package of measures is backed by £6 million funding designed to help an estimated 200,000 children in England living with alcohol-dependent parents.

The measures include:

fast access to support and mental health services for children and their families where there is a dependent drinker
quicker identification of at-risk children, including those undertaking inappropriate care responsibilities
the provision of outreach programmes to get more parents successfully through addiction treatment
early intervention programmes to reduce the numbers of children needing to go into care.

Local authorities will be invited to bid for funding by coming up with innovative solutions based on local need, with priority given to areas where more children are affected.

If you are looking for family advice then please call 0161 624 6811 to speak to our Family Department.

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