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Budget 1999-2000
FACT SHEET
JOB PLACEMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING INITIATIVES
Total funding from 1999 - 2003 is $60 million
Total number of young people to be assisted: over 40,000
JPET - the aim
- JPET assists young Australians who are severely disadvantaged, including the homeless or
those at risk of becoming homeless.
- JPET differs from other programmes by providing an integrated approach, which assists
young people to overcome problems preventing them from maintaining stable accommodation
and entering into full-time education, training or employment.
- JPET offers ongoing support and referral services to help young people overcome a range
of problems, including housing, family problems, substance abuse, sexual or other abuse,
lack of self-esteem, income support and other barriers to employment, education or
training.
Young people who can benefit from JPET
- JPET is aimed at assisting students and unemployed young people aged 15 to 21 years,
with priority given to those aged 15 to 19, who are homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless.
- Assistance will also be provided to young people who are or have been wards of the
State, are refugees or have been in the juvenile justice system. These latter groups need
not necessarily be homeless to be given support, as they also encounter similar barriers
to employment, education and training as homeless young people.
JPET services
- JPET services have been established in areas of particular disadvantage. In 1998-99 102
JPET services have been contracted to assist around 10,500 young Australians.
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