Tackling child poverty - six priority families concept: overview and guidance
This guidance provides an overview of the six priority families concept which identifies the family groups at greatest risk of child poverty. It contains practical advice on how the concept should be used in practice to deliver more effective policy outcomes.
5. Related links
Every Child, Every Chance: The Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2018-22 (www.gov.scot) - the first Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan
Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) – the second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan
Annex 6: Overview into priority families - what works - evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) – an annex to the second Delivery Plan summarising the evidence on what works to help each of the priority family types out of poverty.
Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) - an overview of evidence on the six priority family types identified as being at higher risk of child poverty
Additional child poverty analysis 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) – analysing how the characteristics of priority families intersect
Child poverty - Poverty and social justice - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) - child poverty policy page providing an overview of the background and actions taken in this area
Child poverty - monitoring and evaluation: policy evaluation framework - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) - evaluation framework to create a shared understanding of how we measure the impact of individual policies on child poverty
Using intersectionality to understand structural inequality in Scotland: Evidence synthesis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) – report presenting a synthesis of available literature on the concept and applications of intersectionality.
Contact
Email: TCPU@gov.scot