Sentences with phrase «free local authority care»

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Currently local authorities provide certain community care services free of charge but this is limited to a six week period only.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

StrayCatAlliance.org, a national nonprofit advocacy organization for the humane care, rescue and protection of cats, opposes local authorities» plan to trap and kill stray, feral and free - roaming cats in the area.

The NHS argued that they should not be ordered to pay any damages in respect of the claimant's future accommodation and related care because this would be provided free of charge by a local authority.

If the local authority decides after your care needs assessment that you aren't eligible for help from them, they must still give you free information and advice - for example, about where to buy equipment.

Two - year - old free entitlement From September 2014, two - year - old children adopted from local authority care or who left care under a Special Guardianship (SG) Order or Child Arrangements (CA) Order (formally known as a Residence Order *), will be entitled to 570 hours a year of Government funded early education over no fewer than 38 weeks of the year (which equates to 15 hours per week).