Funding to help vulnerable children in England has been cut by nearly £2bn over the last five years, say charities.
Early help by local authorities has been "a casualty of government spending cuts", say the Children's Society and National Children's Bureau (NCB).
They say failure to intervene early means a greater cost to taxpayers later and will "damage young lives".
The government said it had increased early intervention funding.
Early intervention funding - previously called the early intervention grant - enables local authorities to step in and help a child or young person who is vulnerable or at risk.
The help includes advice on teenage pregnancy or drugs and alcohol, and help from children's centres and early years services.
In a report - Cuts that cost: Trends in funding for early intervention services - research suggests that government funding for a range of early help services in England fell from £3.2bn in 2010 to £1.4bn in 2015.
The charities say there are early indications, from a Freedom of Information request by the publication Children & Young People Now, that reductions in spending are set to continue for children's centres and services in 2015-16.
A fund set up for the most vulnerable families in society, the Troubled Families programme, is expected to increase or remain stable.
Preventing crises
Experts in social work and child protection have suggested a potential link between the rise of child protection cases and the reduction in spending on early intervention services.
"Levels of demand on the child protection and care systems can provide some indication of the effectiveness of services that work to support families struggling to care for their children and prevent them reaching crisis point," says the report.
Funding to help vulnerable children in England has been cut by nearly £2bn over the last five years, say charities.Early help by local authorities has been "a casualty of government spending cuts", say the Children's Society and National Children's Bureau (NCB).They say failure to intervene early means a greater cost to taxpayers later and will "damage young lives".The government said it had increased early intervention funding.Early intervention funding - previously called the early intervention grant - enables local authorities to step in and help a child or young person who is vulnerable or at risk.The help includes advice on teenage pregnancy or drugs and alcohol, and help from children's centres and early years services.In a report - Cuts that cost: Trends in funding for early intervention services - research suggests that government funding for a range of early help services in England fell from £3.2bn in 2010 to £1.4bn in 2015.The charities say there are early indications, from a Freedom of Information request by the publication Children & Young People Now, that reductions in spending are set to continue for children's centres and services in 2015-16.A fund set up for the most vulnerable families in society, the Troubled Families programme, is expected to increase or remain stable.Preventing crisesExperts in social work and child protection have suggested a potential link between the rise of child protection cases and the reduction in spending on early intervention services."ระดับของความต้องการในเด็กป้องกันและดูแลระบบสามารถให้บางบ่งชี้ประสิทธิภาพของบริการที่ทำงานเพื่อสนับสนุนครอบครัวที่กำลังดิ้นรนเพื่อดูแลบุตร และป้องกันไม่ให้ ถึงจุดวิกฤต, " กล่าวว่า รายงานการ
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