Cassie Turner comes from a “broken background” with little parental guidance growing up, so she had little idea what to do after she gave birth to her first child
But Ms Chapman said Australian Early Development Census results had shown consistent improvement since 2012, which she attributed to the work of Tomorrow Today.
Almost 470 families with 649 children have attended at least one term of PEEP between July 2014 and June last year.The foundation’s executive officer Rosie Koop said until now the programs had received just a few government grants. “We’re at a critical point. We need government funding to survive beyond 2021,” she said.
“The government now needs to provide support for that effort or we will lose a decade of hard work,” she said.Another Tomorrow Today initiative, Connect9, matches young people with Benalla adults who provide mentoring and advice.
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