Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington, has welcomed today’s announcement to assist young people transition from out of home care until the age of 21.
Mrs Frecklington said the program was developed by the former LNP Government following recommendations made by the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry which showed young people were often unware, or not involved in the planning for their transition to adulthood.
“When our Government was elected in 2012, Queensland was the only State not providing dedicated support for young people after leaving out of home care,” Mrs Frecklington said.
“We worked closely with the CREATE Foundation and young people to plan and design a new model of aftercare support, and in the 2014/15 budget we announced several million to implement the Transition from Care program.
“It is good to see that Labor have acknowledged this was an important initiative and will now implement it across Queensland, including funding for the South Burnett.
“Our region desperately needs this support, and I’d like to congratulate South Burnett CTC on being chosen to deliver these services locally.”
One of the programs being used as part of this initiative is the new ‘sortli’ app (sort out your life) which helps young people transition to independence.
“I know that our local South Burnett Child Safety Department was heavily involved in the development of this app and I’m so glad it will be an important part of this transition from care program,” Deb said.
Young people can call of text 1800NEXTSTEP at any time, or search for the sortli app.
