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Aiming High for Disabled Children
Date: 01 May 2009
For detailed information on childcare and children with disabilities please CLICK on the appropriate links below:
Children with a disability and Special Educational Needs (SEN)
o Definitions & Legislation
o Policy
o Guidance
o Helping you to deliver childcare sufficiency
o Partnership working to deliver childcare sufficiency
o Meeting the costs of achieving sufficiency
o Key Implementation Tips
The financing set aside through Aiming High for Disabled Children is:
Short breaks
A total funding package of £370 million has been allocated by the Department for Children, Schools and Families for 2008-11 for short breaks. This comprises £280 million in revenue funding announced in May 2007, along with £90 million in capital funding announced with the Children's Plan in December 2008.
Local authority allocations are supported by significant additional funding for Primary Care Trusts from NHS allocations.
The London authority funding allocations can be accessed HERE
Childcare (DCATCH): £35m
This is currently a pilot programme and the London local authorities with funding are
• London Borough of Camden
• London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Transition Support Programme: £19m
£19m has been allocated over the Comprehensive Spending Review period (2008 - 2011) to develop a Transition Support Programme (TSP).
Parent Forums
£5 million has been set aside for the funding of Parents Forums.
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