Under the 8.1m Resettlement, Education, Support, Employment and Training (RESET) scheme, launched this week, a new specialist accommodation service for young people released from custody will be developed.
Julie Conalty, RESET's national director, said: "We increased the size of the project to include a strand to look specifically into the accommodation of young offenders, particularly juveniles."
She added: "We were also given money from European streams and a private funder."
RESET's main objective is to improve the resettlement of juveniles, as 82 per cent of prisoners under 18 are reconvicted within two years.
The partnership includes 59 agencies and is almost fully operational. All key managerial staff have been appointed and seven resettlement workers have started in institutions.
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