The Workforce Futures Fund, Tahua Rāngaimahi Anamata, supports eight industries that offer critical services in our communities.
The eligible workforces are: Aged support; Cleaning; Disability support; Healthcare services; Home and community health services; Mental health and addiction support; Social services; Urban pest management; and Youth work.
The fund supports innovation in workforce development and demonstrates the value of strategic investment through enabling:
Greater use of technology
Collaboration across workforces
Projects that build or improve service delivery.
The fund will distribute $15m over about three years. The first grant round will open for applications February 10 - March 16 2025. The second round will open in August 2025.
It funds:
Vocational training, workforce development and education
Programmes, information and resources to promote best practice and continuous improvement in services
Attracting people to work in the sectors and workforce retention
Priority will be given to projects that:
Deliver sector wide or multi-industry benefit
Positively impact:
Māori;
Pacific; and
Disabled People
