pport ongoing assessment, annual IPE, IE and VfM reports are planned from 2026 until 2028. Accordingly, this first report focuses exclusively on the IPE findings, with a view to answering the research questions below. Implementation and Process Evaluation Questions • What are the local context and population needs of the local areas? • What model will local areas be implementing, and to what extent do they vary between local areas? • What are local areas’ perceived conditions for successful implementation and delivery of the FFCP? • Do local areas have the capacity to implement the FFCP, and if not, what further support is required? • What are the risks and unintended consequences of implementing and delivering the FFCP model? • To what extent do stakeholders find the FFCP model easy to understand? (I.e., to help determine feasibility of wider rollout) • To what extent is the FFCP model acceptable to key stakeholders, including the leadership team, practitioners, agencies, and where appropriate, children and families? (Acceptability defined as having buy-in from the different groups locally) • Was the FFCP implemented as set out in the logic model, and to what extent does it vary? • Has the FFCP model been integrated with usual business and processes? If so, how? • What are the barriers and facilitators to implementing and delivering the FFCP? • To what extent is the FFCP model sustainable? What is needed to sustain it? • What changes would they make going forward; what resource is required to sustain the changes made? How would the multi-agency elements be sustained across the partnership? 17 • What are the perceived potential impacts of the FFCP on its intended outcomes? Implementation and process evaluation methodology This section outlines a summary of the IPE appro