CAFE provides a support service to the children and families of people serving community sentences. The purpose of the work is to maintain families, secure accommodation, support people in completing their community sentences and reduce the risk of re-offending. The project has been running since October 2006 and the work to date has been varied and innovative, with a large number of positive outcomes. Staff provide help and  support with issues such as debt, housing and benefits, but also work in creative ways with clients to offer assistance and practical solutions, for example, helping with parenting skills, making friends, encouraging healthier lifestyles and building an individual's confidence.

It operates in several probation areas across Kent and is succesfully working with a number of complex cases with multiple needs.  Re-offending rate amongst the people it works with have been radically reduced.