News circular spells out Extra Care funding for Councils

The 2010 Local Authority Circular (LAC) sets out the funding arrangements to be given to CASCRs in the coming financial year, in particular, to meet the third year of the Putting People First objectives. £30m has been set aside for CASCRs to meet their 2010/2011 milestones. In addition, the LAC confirms an additional £20,000 per CASCRs for Extra Care Housing purposes and specifically states that this money should be used as follows:

• to produce, or review, their extra care housing strategy with the aim of enhancing the housing with care for older people, including people with dementia, across all tenures;
• to invest in capital projects that achieve demonstrable improvements in extra care environments that further facilitate independent living, such as installing telecare, aids and adaptations, and/or undertaking scheme remodelling or refurbishment; or
• to work collaboratively regionally or pan-regionally to develop extra care housing

To coincide with this announcement, the Housing LIN has commissioned a refresh of its popular Extra Care Housing toolkit. This will be available after the general election. We will also be revamping this website to improve access to the extensive learning and improvement resources on these webpages.

For a copy of the 2010 LAC, please go to the link below