More frontline workers, greater help for families, improved intervention and diversion programs, expansion of places in therapeutic out-of-home care and innovative reform of the Children's Court are just some of the 2012-13 Budget measures to better protect Victoria's most vulnerable children.

Additional funding for people with a disability in the 2012-13 Victorian Budget will ensure Victoria is well-placed for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Community Services Minister Mary Wooldridge said today.

The Victorian Coalition Government is making a record investment in concessions in the 2012-13 State Budget to help ease cost of living pressures, Community Services Minister Mary Wooldridge announced today.

The Victorian Coalition Government will continue its improvements to the state's youth justice system, with a new $54.5 million infrastructure commitment announced today by Community Services Minister Mary Wooldridge.

A $98 million commitment by the Victorian Coalition Government in the 2011-12 Victorian Budget will help transform the child protection workforce and services in Victoria and ensure better support for our most vulnerable children.

The Victorian Coalition Government will ease the burden on families by providing an additional $414.3 million over the next four years in the 2011-12 Victorian Budget to boost electricity and water, sewerage concessions available to low-income households, Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today. 

Victorians living with a disability will have access to new and innovative respite care and supported accommodation as part of the Victorian Coalition Government’s 2011-12 Victorian Budget. 

 The Coalition Government’s $17.5 million initiative aimed at reducing crime by young people, will strengthen Victoria’s youth justice system and create clearer pathways into prevention and rehabilitation programs.