A $10 million Western NSW Workforce Activation Package to increase the availability of long day care services in western NSW is set to benefit families in Cobar.
The package is part of the NSW Government’s $35 million funding allocation, from the $350 million Regional Development Trust which will support a package of initiatives to boost the long term resilience of regional NSW, with a focus on job creation and primary industry expansion.
Funded under the NSW Regional Development Trust these projects have been guided by the Regional Development Advisory Council and informed by a number of roundtables with rural communities hosted by the Minister for Regional New South Wales, Tara Moriarty, across the state.
This process has ensured the transparency and integrity of the investments.
The $10 million Western NSW Workforce Activation Package will provide funding to establish, expand or upgrade early childhood and education care services across three initial local government areas of Cobar, Bourke and Broken Hill.
Co-designed with the early childhood sector, this is an innovative approach to strengthening the workforce in remote communities by addressing one of the barrier’s faced by parents looking to return to work in areas where there is little or no early childcare available.
Successful applicants must demonstrate that funded activities will increase their ability to offer additional childcare places.
