A program aimed to support disengaged young people is coming to the South Coast.
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State Member for South Coast Shelley Hancock says the highly successful Get Back in the Game program is coming to the region.
Get Back in the Game aims to connect young people with education, training and employment opportunities.
"This program has helped thousands of young people across NSW and now it will support young people aged 15-19 locally," Mrs Hancock said.
"When young people disengage from education, this program provides a helping hand to reconnect them with positive training and employment opportunities."
Back in the Game, supports young people at school in need of support to remain engaged at school or transition to employment or training.
The program funds local community organisations to case-manage transitions of disengaged young people into education, training and employment.
It offers a link services such as housing and health.
For a young person to be eligible to participate in the Get in the Game program, they must meet the following eligibility criteria.
Participants must:
- be 15-19 years old
- be a resident in the service area - South Coast
- no longer be at school
- not enrolled in any school; or with a 100-day attendance exemption in place at the time of enrolment; or who have had now attendance at school in the three months prior to enrolment
- not be enrolled in any post-school education or training
- not be working more than eight hours per week; and
- not be a current, active participant in any Commonwealth, NSW or any other program or service supporting youth transitions to work or study.
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