Agenda and decisions
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Crisis and Resilience Fund Policy, 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 Additional documents: Decision: DECLARATIONS FOR THIS ITEM:
NONE
RESOLVED
That Cabinet Member for Tackling Inequalities and Resident Services:
· Noted the Crisis and Resilience Fund allocation from the Government of £5,932,161, for the period 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.
· Approved the allocation of £2,470,000 of this funding to be applied as set out in Appendix 1.
· Noted that officers would bring back a further report to members with further proposals as to allocation(s) of funding and a full policy on the Fund’s administration.
· Noted that this funding allocation was subject to the availability of government funding and would terminate if funding was withdrawn.
Reasons for decision
The Government through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has provided funding to local authorities to administer the Crisis and Resilience Fund. It acknowledged that local authorities have the local ties and knowledge and are best placed to allocate funding according to local need.
The guidance for the Fund allowed authorities to determine how to allocate the funds, within the framework of the objectives and aims stated. This decision would partially allocate the funds, enabling a continuity of existing crisis and housing support. The spend was targeted to those who were most in need and was in accordance with the scheme.
The scheme would support residents over the grant period, and all funding must be spent between 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2029. However, the decision proposed by this report only authorisesd spend for the period 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, to cover the period whilst the full policy is developed.
The policy would extend support up to June 2026 to low-income households with children, who were eligible to receive free school meals, and who were particularly impacted by significant rises in the cost-of-living, by funding free school meal vouchers during school holidays.
The guidance required local authorities to include an application-based scheme to provide crisis support to low-income residents and encourages a cash-first approach. This policy proposed to achieve this requirement through funding the existing Haringey Support Fund. Decisions would be made based on the existing Haringey Support Fund policy.
Additionally, the guidance required local authorities to provide funding to provide additional housing support to households in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the Housing Element of Universal Credit who are unable to meet their rental liability. This policy proposed to achieve this requirement through authorising spend for decisions to be made as under the Council’s existing Discretionary Housing Payment policy.
The Council would continue to work closely with the voluntary and community sector to promote awareness of the application-based scheme and encourage residents from hard-to-reach communities.
The guidance allowed for authorities to claim administration costs which were reasonable for the delivery of the scheme’s aims. This policy authorisesd administration spend on essential IT equipment, which was required for the effective delivery of the crisis support, and the costs for staffing required to administer both the Haringey Support Fund and Housing Support scheme.
Alternative options considered
Consideration was given to doing ... view the full decision text for item 6. |