Issue - meetings

Cabinet considered a report seeking approval to extend the block contracts for the provision of supported housing contracts for young people up to the maximum extension date allowed for under the contract provisions, thereby providing an additional 6 months to assess the impact of the new arrangements. It was noted that the monitoring information collated would then inform the re-procurement of services in 2019.

Resolved: That

  i.  the extension of the Supporting People contracts up to their maximum extension date, which ranges from 1 April 2019 until 9 August 2019, be approved.

  ii.  the Director of Children's Services be authorised to review the eligibility and prioritisation policy and, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools, to amend the policy in respect of 22 to 25 year old care leavers as appropriate.