Agenda item

Crisis and Resilience Fund

Report from the Interim Director of Policy, Strategy and Engagement.

 

Recommendations

 

That Cabinet:

 

  1. Agree provisional allocations of the CRF for the following areas of activity in 2026/27:

 

Crisis Support

  1. £1m for an application-based crisis support scheme
  2. £1,402,600 to support families with children during the summer holidays
  3. £407,584 for Discretionary Housing Payments
  4. £1.7m towards the costs of the Council’s Local Council Tax Support Top Up scheme
  5. £60,000 to local voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations to support vulnerable households over Christmas / New Year through a supplement to the crisis support service level agreement
  6. £20,000 to provide parcels of household items to be distributed via VCS organisations
  7. £18,000 additional funding for FareShare/food providers to meet increased food costs

Resilience Services

  1. £370,000 for Open Arms Rotherham
  2. £90,000 to provide additional financial support to care leavers

Community Coordination

  1. £50,000 to coordinate CRF elements, raise awareness, and improve data capture and referral systems

Administrative Costs

  1. £81,699 for DHP administrative costs

 

  1. Delegate authority to the Director of Policy, Strategy and Engagement, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to determine revised and final allocations for the CRF. This will include provision for other eligible actions in 2026/27 to ensure best use of the funding.

 

  1. Delegate authority to the Director of Policy, Strategy and Engagement, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to approve amendments to existing service level agreements and approve new agreements where required, in relation to the allocations above.

 

  1. Agree to receive a further report in December 2026 setting out specific proposals for future years of the fund.

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