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Community Budgets Update February 2011

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“The single greatest source of waste in the public sector came from duplication between agencies at a local level.  One of the best things we can do is break down barriers between departments, between different levels of government, get budgeting done locally at a place-based level, give someone responsibility for sorting out their problems, and let them get on and do it. We’ll save money, and people will be better supported.”

Danny AlexanderChief Secretary to the Treasury 21st September 2010

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Background

• Scope – Families with Complex Needs– Drug and Alcohol Misuse programme– Access to Services programme

• One of 16 areas announced in Oct 2010

• Using ‘Total Place’ thinking

• Draft proposal just sent to Whitehall

• Working with citizens and partners

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Aims1. To help families make a positive contribution

2. To enable more vulnerable people to be successful by:– Improved outcomes for families/less demand for public services– Earlier intervention for those at risk

3. Helping people/families to be more self sufficient.

4. Change the culture of public services• seamless/integrated services • designed with citizens and clients.

5. Better targeting of services

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Councils

Leicestershire Learning

Partnership

Connexions

Fire and Rescue

LeicestershireCounty Council

Voluntary SectorStrategic

Research Partnershi

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Police

City and CountyPCTs

Probation Service

Job Centre Plus(DWP)

Citizen’sAdvice Bureaux

Who’s involved? (and others…)

Chamber ofCommerce

LPT

UHL NHSTrust

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Community Budgets Timetable

Short Term Programme (Next 4 months to end of June 2011):-

• Work in Melton and Hinckley to define root problems, costs, barriers, etc

• Identify innovation and what works

• Get agreement and test early opportunity changes

• Develop outcome and performance measures

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Timetable (cont)

Medium Term Programme (June 2011 to March 2012)

Families• Develop new ways of working and deliver outcomes• Examine issues around families at risk

Communities• Bring together community support• Review and change local services and targeting

Governance• Develop proposals to integrate services• Review how key groups of delivery staff deliver services• Improve information sharing