Welfare Reform & Troubled Families Projects & Troubled Families Projects Implications for Bristol Sam Flowers Welfare Reform Programme Manager Tim Fletcher Welfare Reform Impact Assessment Alistair Gilbert Ali t i Gilb t CYPS – Troubled Families Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 1
Welfare Reform Programme Vision: � Ensure Bristol creates resilient households and communities in response to Welfare E B i t l t ili t h h ld d iti i t W lf Reform changes, and that the impact upon individuals, families, council services and other providers are identified and managed citywide. (Potential £125m loss to Bristol by 2014/15) (P t ti l £125 l t B i t l b 2014/15) Programme Overview: � Administration of community care grants and crisis loans � Introduction of a localised council tax support scheme � Changes to discretionary housing payments � Decommissioning of HB services as Universal Credit is introduced g � Work underway across the organisation to deliver these changes � Risk that work will be fragmented and gaps or duplications will occur � Risk that work will be fragmented and gaps or duplications will occur � Address risk by taking council ‐ wide strategic and operational approach Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 2
Welfare Reform Research Project Aims: � Understand the full impact of Welfare Reform on citizens & businesses (factoring economic recovery as appropriate) businesses (factoring economic recovery as appropriate) � To be able to prioritise customers & geographic areas to target help where it’s needed most target help where it s needed most � Plan communications & resources at the most effective time, via the most appropriate means, to the right people � To predict the impact on council services and gauge an � To predict the impact on council services and gauge an appropriate response to increase demand Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 3
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 4
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 5
Welfare Reform Approach: � Developed customer profiles eg. Single Parents, Large Families, Disabled etc (including segment trees) Families, Disabled etc (including segment trees) � Data matched internal & external data sets at household level (where possible) level (where possible) � Provided a timeline of impacts with reference to customer profiles & internal service areas � Designed an indicator & risk matrix with assistance from a � Designed an indicator & risk matrix with assistance from a large number of participants � Adapted & refined the Welfare Reform Impact Assessment Adapted & refined the ‘Welfare Reform Impact Assessment’ document Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 6
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 7
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 8
DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS DRAFT: WORK IN PROGRESS Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 9
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 10
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 11
Indicies of Mulitple Deprivation 2010 Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 12
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 13
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 14
Troubled Families and Benefits � Nationally, 120,000 families to have their lives ‘turned around’. around . � Bristol’s share of Troubled Families is 1,355. � Criteria for qualification are crime/ASB, education and worklessness. � Payment by success – a possible £4 million over 3 years. Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 15
Benefits � For the first time, local councils are allowed "without informed consent" to access benefit records informed consent to access benefit records � From a sample of 941 families where children qualify via the crime/ASB and/or education route 353 have the crime/ASB and/or education route, 353 have worklessness in the house (37.5%) � Approximately 76% of potential TF households are run by single mothers � Easier to affect truancy than worklessness Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 16
Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 17
Welfare Reform & Troubled Families Projects & Troubled Families Projects Implications for Bristol Sam Flowers Welfare Reform Programme Manager Tim Fletcher Welfare Reform Impact Assessment Alistair Gilbert Ali t i Gilb t CYPS – Troubled Families Sam Flowers, Tim Fletcher & Alistair Gilbert Welfare Welfare Re Reform form & & Troubled Familie Troubled Families Projects Projects Slide 18
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