Philanthropy fund gives €8m to national child support plan

The Child and Family Agency has announced a major programme of early intervention measures for children after it received over €8m in one-off Atlantic Philanthropies funding.

Children’s Minister James Reilly said the money would mean “a stronger focus on prevention and early intervention rather than crisis management”.

The prevention, partnership, and family support programme will begin this year and will run into 2018 — courtesy of a non-discretionary grant of €8.3m from Atlantic Philanthropies and supported by the Unesco Child and Family Research Centre at NUI Galway.