 The Wave 1 local areas began local co-design in August 2023 and implementation of new local models commenced in December 2023, moving to full delivery from June 2024. The Wave 2 areas began local co-design of their new models in April 2024 and began implementation from July 2024, moving to full delivery from March 2025. As such, the local areas, particularly those in Wave 2, were at an early stage of FFCP set up and delivery at the time of fieldwork for Phases 2 and 3. • The evaluation design included a small sample (2 – 3) of families in each case study local area, reflecting the expectation that families would have had only limited exposure to the programme at this early stage. Children and Young People (CYP) were not included at this stage for the same reason. Thus, insight into how families experienced FFCP is limited in this report. • The survey received lower rates of response from Education, Health, and Police compared with internal LA staff, leading to some limits on partner agencies’ 21 insights in this report. To address this, the next phase of fieldwork will place greater emphasis on engaging safeguarding partners to ensure more balanced representation across all sectors. 22 3. Early perceptions, understanding and buy-in to the FFCP Through an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions of the FFCP, their understanding and buy-in to the programme, this chapter answers the following Evaluation Questions: • 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 l