Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants are being replaced

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Press release?????????? 26 September 2012

Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants are being replaced

Residents and stakeholders have a chance to air their views on a replacement scheme for Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants which are being abolished from April next year.

Local authorities have to design and implement their own schemes from 1 April next year after the government announced plans to overhaul the system.

The government has announced a provisional budget for Brighton & Hove of ?630,000. In 2010/11, more than a million pounds was spent on Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans in this city. This means the council is handling a budget that is approximately 40% less than it was two years ago.??

The council is consulting on how best to design a local service for Brighton & Hove that meets similar needs to those currently provided and prioritises the most vulnerable. This includes:

• to meet short term needs in the event of a crisis or emergency
• to support vulnerable people to remain in, or return to, the community, and
• to ease exceptional pressure upon families

The aim is to offer a service that makes the money available to help as many people as widely as we can, throughout the year.

The council is considering basing a local scheme on the following foundations:

• To allow people to return to or remain in the community without the need for extra care
• To support the most vulnerable in urgent situations through signposting to appropriate support services, advice, or through provision and access to goods
• To use the funds in the short term in order to prevent further and higher impacts on other service budgets in the city
• To engage individuals with appropriate support services, where needed, to help identify underlying causes for needing assistance
• To meet standing statutory duties under Homeless, Equalities, Human Rights Act and Child Protection legislation

The council would like to hear from residents and stakeholders about their priorities for the new scheme. The consultation is open for four weeks and closes on Wednesday?24 October.

For more details see: Social fund consultation

Source: http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1270374

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