Whole Family Wellbeing Funding Programme - EQIA

Summary of aims and desired outcomes of Policy

The aim of the WFWF Programme (the Programme) is to enable the local system change required to deliver family support in line with Whole Family Wellbeing Funding (WFWF) Routemap and National Principles of Holistic Whole Family Support (www.gov.scot), and ultimately support better outcomes for children, young people and families irrespective of their characteristics. Our vision is to provide access to the help they need, where and when they need it, and for as long as they need, free from stigma, in line with Covid-19 Children and Families Collective Leadership Group Holistic Family Support: Vision and Blueprint for Change (www.gov.scot).

Through the delivery of holistic family support, the Programme's long-term aims are:

• improved family wellbeing, in line with the Children, Young People and Families Outcomes Framework: Core Wellbeing Indicators – National Reporting
• reduced inequalities in family wellbeing between those from the most and least disadvantaged communities
• reduction in families requiring crisis intervention through a shift in investment towards prevention and early intervention
• reduction in the number of children and young people living away from their families, by strengthening and supporting families to stay together where children are safe and feel loved
• increase in families taking up wider supports, such as employability support, contributing to a reduction in children living in poverty or entering poverty across the six priority family types as identified in the first Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022 and in the second publication Best Start, Bright Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-2026

Directorate: Directorate for Children and Families

Division: DCAF: Care Experience, Children’s Services Reform & The Promise

Team: Whole Family Wellbeing Programme