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Grant funding to help parents of young children plan and prepare for future employment.

As part of this strategy, a new programme has been developed that will provide support to parents with young children, who are at risk of long term unemployment and welfare dependency, to prepare for work.

The Government will shortly be seeking applications for funding under this new programme. Applications will be sought from qualified organisations to establish projects that help parents of young children to plan and prepare for employment by the time their youngest child reaches school age.

The programme will operate in ten Local Government Areas including Greater Shepparton.

Information on the application process will be available on the Employment Services Procurement Information website in January.

http://www.employment.gov.au/employment-services-procurement-information