# Supporting Families Spend Evaluation

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [IFF Research](/contract-winners/iff-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £278,428
- Tender value: £278,428
- Award date: 31 May 2023
- Published: 1 June 2023
- Contract start: 31 May 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e6c2706e-00de-4c92-8112-2166ec389a03-649800
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a5bb588d-f954-479c-baa6-88db1a13a79e

## Description

The Supporting Families Spend Evaluation has three research aims: 1\. To assess the feasibility of consistently and accurately measuring early help spend, including spend funded by Supporting Families programme, between LAs; 2\. To understand how LAs are spending early help funding, including the Supporting Families uplift, and whether this differs between LAs; and 3\. To explore estimated and perceived early impacts of the Supporting Families uplift on outputs and outcomes, and whether this differs between LAs\. We anticipate the following approach to addressing the three research aims: - Feasibility assessment \(research aim 1\) - Process evaluation \(research aim 2\) - Outcome and impact evaluation \(research aim 3\)

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6c2706e-00de-4c92-8112-2166ec389a03-649800)