Early School Leavers Program

From 2025 to 2026, YDAS is running a program for disabled young people who are leaving or have left school early. The goal of the program is to support up to 40 disabled young people take their next steps in education, training and employment after leaving school early.

An early school leaver means someone up to 20 years old who left school before finishing year 12. We will focus on people from Merri-bek, Casey, Greater Dandenong, Greater Geelong and Ballarat local government areas.

This page will be updated to help disabled young people, their carers, family and other supporters see if they are eligible for the program. We will also include more information about what the program includes, how to sign up and more.

If you would like to contact the Early Leavers team, so you can email earlyleavers@yacvic.org.au.