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Adoption services: practice and improvement fund

What the fund is for and how to apply for it.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 20 April 2016
• Last updated: 6 January 2017 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Practice and improvement fund: round 2 - guide

Ref: DFE-00332-2016

PDF, 397 KB, 35 pages

Practice and improvement fund: adoption services, application form

MS Word Document, 190 KB

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Practice and improvement fund: adoption services, application form (Mac compatible)

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Practice and Improvement fund: round 2 - questions and answers

PDF, 401 KB, 16 pages

Details

The guide gives an overview of round 2 of the practice and improvement fund.

The following organisations can apply for this round:

• voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs)
• adoption support agencies (ASAs)
• other voluntary sector organisations (VSOs)

VAAs and ASAs are organisations that recruit, approve and support people interested in adopting a child.

How to apply

Fill in the application form and email it to adoption.PIF@education.gov.uk by midday on 16 January 2017.

Published 20 April 2016
Last updated 6 January 2017 + show all updates

1. 6 January 2017

   Corrected application deadline to 16 January 2017.

2. 23 December 2016

   Added document 'Practice and Improvement fund: round 2 - questions and answers'

3. 12 December 2016

   Revised guide and form to include details about round 2 of the fund.

4. 12 May 2016

   Updated guide to include clarifications for bidders in response to questions.

5. 10 May 2016

   Updated the fund guide to add a scoring matrix that we'll use to assess bids in the first application round.

6. 20 April 2016

   First published.