This letter informs Councils with Social Services Responsibilities (CSSRs) of arrangements, via a bidding process, for the allocation of up to £3million in 2004/05 to support the development and training of a third tranche of treatment foster care programmes. Additional bids may be invited at a further stage.
Although many of the Department of Health's Children and Families functions have transferred to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), these circulars will continue to be issued in the Local Authority Social Services Letter (LASSL) series for the foreseeable future.
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