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The local authority research consortium (LARC), established in 2007, supports children's service authorities in using and conducting research to evaluate progress, to inform practice, share findings and make recommendations locally and nationally. This summary reports the collective findings of the 24 authorities involved in the LARC2 project which explored the effective integration between targeted and universal services looking at outcomes for children, young people and families using the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) as a proxy. Appendices include: (1) Participating authorities: contextual information; (2) Supporting authorities to develop their research capacity: Summary; (3) LARC Steering Group 2010; and (4) LA research propositions. A glossary is included. (Contains 6 tables and 12 footnotes.).