There are calls for the Victorian Government to increase funding for a program that helps Aboriginal and Torres Islander boys and young men.
Member for Mildura Jade Benham has visited the Clontarf Foundation’s Mildura and Robinvale campuses, saying it’s producing incredible outcomes.
But she says funding hasn’t increased since the foundation’s inception in 2010 and it needs flexible funding.
Numbers enrolled annually have more than doubled, and participation in schools has soared 256 per cent.
Ms Benham, this week met with Clontarf regional manager Ben Djuve, and Victoria zone manager Mark Riley to discuss the worsening financial crisis which puts local academies at risk.
Image: Jade Benham MP with members of Robinvale and Swan Hill Clontarf, via Jade Benham’s Office