Research and analysis

Evaluation of the adoption support fund 2018 to 2022

Summarises findings from a 3-year mixed-method evaluation of the adoption support fund in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 15 December 2022

Applies to England

Documents

Evaluation of the adoption support fund 2018 to 2022: summary

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-409-4, DFE-RR1271

PDF, 222 KB, 17 pages

Details

This document summarises findings from the 3-year evaluation of the adoption support fund. The evaluation took place approximately 6 years after we established the adoption support fund to meet the therapeutic needs of children who left care through adoption or a special guardianship order.

The evaluation included:

• a 3-wave longitudinal survey of adoptive parents and special guardians relating to a child receiving support from the adoption support fund
• qualitative longitudinal interviews with a sample of these adoptive parents and special guardians
• longitudinal interviews with and a survey of adoption support fund provider organisations

Published 15 December 2022