{"id":3230,"date":"2022-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.provident-it.co.uk\/ipc\/adoption-support-fund-evaluation\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T09:57:04","slug":"adoption-support-fund-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.provident-it.co.uk\/ipc\/adoption-support-fund-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Support Fund Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/evaluations-of-the-adoption-support-fund-asf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DfE publishes findings from seminal IPC study<\/a>&nbsp;exploring the impact of a national Adoption Support Fund providing therapeutic support for adopted or SGO children and their families across England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For an evaluation summary visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/evaluation-of-the-adoption-support-fund-2018-to-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adoption support fund (ASF) provides funds to local authorities and regional adoption agencies (RAAs) to pay for essential therapeutic services for eligible adoptive and special guardianship order (SGO) families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IPC\u2019s evaluation of the ASF for DfE (2018-2022) is now concluded, with a suite of reports published&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/evaluations-of-the-adoption-support-fund-asf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here&nbsp;<\/a>by DfE between 2020 and 2022, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Findings from a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ipc.brookes.ac.uk\/publications\/evaluation-of-the-adoption-support-fund-baseline-survey-of-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">baseline<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ipc.brookes.ac.uk\/publications\/evaluation-of-the-adoption-support-fund-first-follow-up-survey-of-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first follow up<\/a>\u00a0and (final)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/adoption-support-fund-second-follow-up-survey-of-parents-and-carers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second follow up survey<\/a>\u00a0of adoptive parents and special guardians<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/adoption-support-fund-study-of-family-experiences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Findings from qualitative interviews<\/a>\u00a0with a sample of those adoptive parents and special guardians<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Findings from a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/evaluation-of-adoption-support-fund-la-and-provider-experiences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first and second wave of interviews and surveys with ASF providers, local authorities and regional adoption agencies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ipc.brookes.ac.uk\/publications\/review-of-the-adoption-support-fund-covid-19-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Review of the dedicated ASF Covid-19 Fund<\/a>\u00a0during the period of the Pandemic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DfE publishes findings from seminal IPC study &#8211; 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