Evaluation of the Early Intervention Youth Fund: Impact report
The Early Intervention Youth Fund (EIYF) was an initiative to develop and implement early interventions to prevent/reduce youth offending and serious violence.
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The Early Intervention Youth Fund (EIYF) was a Home Office-funded initiative designed to support local areas to develop and implement early intervention approaches to prevent and reduce youth offending, with a focus on serious violence. Projects ranged from universal and preventative interventions (for example, assemblies delivered in schools) to highly targeted interventions offering intensive (often one-to-one) support to young people already engaged in criminal activity, such as county lines.
Programme-level impact analysis of offences data showed a statistically significant reduction in drug-related (possession and/or supply) and public order offences in EIYF supported areas relative to non-EIYF supported areas. Project-level impact analysis provided interesting examples of improved outcomes. In one example, young people at risk of child criminal exploitation (CCE), including county lines activity, were supported by violence prevention workers.
This research was commissioned by the last Conservative government, and prior to 5 July 2024.