Care Experienced Children and Young People Fund: operational guidance 2023 to 2024

What is Care Experienced Children and Young People Funding?

The Care Experienced Children and Young People Fund is a targeted resource provided to local authorities to support care experienced children and young people from birth to the age of 26. The funding is provided to local authorities and aims to improve the educational outcomes and experiences for care experienced children and young people, supported by the strategic goals of The Promise and the Scottish Attainment Challenge.

The mission of this refreshed Challenge is: to use education to improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty, with a focus on tackling the poverty- related attainment gap.

This national operational guidance is intended to help local authorities determine how to invest this funding in ways which could improve educational outcomes for care experienced children and young people, supported by the strategic aims of The Promise and the Scottish Attainment Challenge.