This Supported Tenancies for Young Parents initiative will connect vulnerable young parents and young pregnant women with a support provider to deliver tenancy sustainment services that respond to their unique needs, build their skills to sustain a social housing tenancy and successfully parent, and overall improve their overall social and economic independence.

The Supported Tenancies for Young Parents program locations are:

• Townsville;

• Moreton Bay (with support for Maroochydore); and

• Logan (with support for Inala).

The department has issued this Invitation to Offer (ITO) for the locations identified above with the objective of procuring suppliers to deliver mobile support services for young parents aged 16-25 who are living in social housing and at risk of homelessness. The service will:

• deliver tailored, wraparound, specialist, mobile tenancy sustainment support services for young parents who face a range of housing challenges and additional vulnerabilities

• support young parents to sustain and stabilise social housing tenancies

• assist young families to build parenting skills and engage with different support services, including supporting health and wellbeing outcomes for children

• link young parents with local community and specialist services to continue to build social and economic independence, parenting skills and community support links. This may also include engagement with education, training services, and encouraging positive employment outcomes.

The successful suppliers will be required to sign either a new Service Agreement, or if already funded by the department, a Variation agreement to their existing Service Agreement, to deliver services from 1 September 2025 until 30 June 2028, with possible extension dependent on available funding.