 working or have previously worked with a family to improve the coordination between practitioners. Social Finance Limited +44 (0) 20 7770 6836 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ socialfinance.org.uk 10 3. What is the Think Family Database and its associated products? 3.1 Think Family Database What is the Think Family Database (TFD)? The TFD is a multiagency data warehouse comprising a range of datasets from across the public sector. It was in development until 2015 and has since had a progressive roll out, adding functionality and users in the years since. At a headline level, the sum of the historical cost of developing the TFD and its associated tools has been £346,941 (£521,75 in 2023’s value, if we adjust for inflation and time value of money). The cost per year of its maintenance and continuous development is approximately £95,550. For a detailed breakdown of costs, see Appendix 9. The database contains data pertaining to around 54,000 families across the Bristol area and processes around 5,000 searches per month. The source of this data comes from a set of approximately 35 social issue datasets from across the council and its partners, services such as children and families, housing, education, revenues and benefits, and external partners, such as the police and the Department for Education. Data from these datasets is then matched to create a unified picture of individuals, that is then grouped into families and linked to addresses. The data is presented to practitioners in the form of both risk indicators and descriptive procedural text. According to practitioners involved in the creation of the TFD, the aim was to give as accurate a picture as possible of the situation of the individual the professional is looking at. The TFD consists of two main databases, and