This report is a must-read for anyone with an interest in better integrated and locally driven support arrangements for young people during the critical transition from school-to-work.

The Jobs Pathways Programme is a success story. It is the story of a relatively simple idea picked up by one Commonwealth (Labor) Government and extended by another Commonwealth (Coalition) Government. It is the story of how practitioners (teachers, community workers, local employers, group training operators) seized the idea and with very modest funding have created something quite unique: a program that combines a preventative service delivered within schools with a case-management safety net service once students have left school.

It is the story of what creative and enterprising community organizations of all sorts can do for young people given the chance. Like all good stories this one has had its ups and downs and we find in the telling a good few lessons.

Those of you who have already viewed a copy of the report may still be interested in visiting the website which also features a recent report by Curtain Consulting "Mutual Obligation: Policy and Practice in Australia compared with the UK" and updates on the international volunteers’ "Skills Across the World" site.

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