Gateshead council has been notified it is eligible for a share of a £301.75m package to support children and families post Covid.
Central government has allocated the money to be distributed to 75 local authorities across England.
£100m is for bespoke parent-infant mental health support. £81.75m is reserved for the establishment of family hubs to improve access to a range of "integrated" services for families and children of all ages.
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£50m for creating multicomponent breastfeeding support services. Another £50m is to fund evidenced based parenting programmes.
The remaining £10m will support local authorities to found clear 'Start for Life Offer' and ensure parents' and carers' can partake in the design of services.
Gateshead Council's Family Overview Scrutiny Committee was informed by council officers, and report, children, young people, and mother service providers "in the main" have returned to running as it did prior to Covid.
Council officers highlighted the success of Gateshead mother and child focused services during the pandemic.
In particular, the Family Nurse Partnership and the Universal Health Visiting Service were praised for their work during lockdown.
There are currently three to four vacancies for health visitors for such services as staff have struggled with exposure to Covid-19.
However, the council's Health and Wellbeing Strategy has revamped its priorities and focuses in line with a post-Covid environment.
Priorities include fostering "confident and resilient parenting" and increasing existing funds into early years, to tackle inequalities in child development.
National research has indicated Covid-19 and subsequent lockdowns have had damaging effects on childhood development.
Figures show 200,00 babies were born in lockdowns.
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