Community Care Providers Scotlandand the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, who helped produce the materialset out in Supporting people: a view from Scotland’s voluntary sector,are both represented on the group which is helping the Scottish Executive monitorthe impact of the Supporting People budget changes made in the last Spending Reviewand the impact of the local reviews of services funded by the programme.We have indicated to CommunityCare Providers Scotland that the material they have provided will be taken intoaccount in decision making on future funding, alongside the research currently beingconducted on the cost/benefits of the programme as a whole and the monitoring exercisementioned above.