The NAO says that the Troubled Families and Families with Multiple Problems programmes, set up to help families facing challenges such as unemployment, antisocial behaviour and truancy, are having an impact, but has urged government departments to improve key aspects of performance in order to meet ‘ambitious’ targets.
The NAO report says that while it is too early to assess the value for money of the programmes, which cost a joint total of over £648m, judging by each programme’s own criteria for success Families with Multiple Problems is ‘falling well short of its projections’ and Troubled Families is behind in meeting targets for local authorities although it has so far exceeded the Department for Communities and Local Government's (DCLG) own internal measures of progress.
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