Friday, September 22, 2006
Social Development Minister David Benson-Pope has revealed details of a new government initiative that targets vulnerable families.
The Vulnerable Families package will involve 50 families across the country.
Benson-Pope says a vulnerable family is a family with multiple risk factors like substance abuse, alcohol abuse, family violence and inter-generational benefit use.
He says those families will be helped by a Work and Income staffer who will be assigned to provide intensive case management.