More support for Brisbane children and their families

Child safety support services for Brisbane children and their families will be increased thanks to a $1.5 million Queensland Government grant.

Communities Minister Warren Pitt said Micah Projects would receive the funding to provide early childhood programs and family support services throughout the Brisbane region.

Mr Pitt said the organisation had been allocated a one-off grant of $55,710 to help establish the new services and $499,589 each year for three years to provide the services.

“The new services, part of Micah Project’s Young Mothers for Young Women program, will focus on supporting pregnant and parenting women under the age of 25, their children and their partners,” he said.

“Families and their children up to the age of eight will be able to access high-quality family support services.”

Mr Pitt said Micah Projects would work in conjunction with existing service providers in the region to ensure access to appropriate services and programs.

“These funds are part of a $6 million, three-year funding program to boost existing prevention and early intervention services for young children and their families,” he said.

“These additional services will help to ensure that Queensland children are nurtured, healthy and safe, and that families of young children are supported.”

Mr Pitt said the Department of Communities funding initiative was based on extensive research highlighting several positive long-term outcomes of investing in early years services for children and their families.

“These benefits include reducing the need for more intensive and sustained intervention for children and their families later in life,” he said.

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