This pre-budget submission, from the state's peak social service body, contains over 50 recommendations to government aimed to deliver fairness, prosperity and opportunity for Victorians.

Priority budget investments

• Make education affordable
• Supercharge social housing construction
• Stop homelessness before it starts
• Upgrade homes and expand concessions to cut bills and boost wellbeing
• Meet demand for community service workers
• Complement free TAFE to help struggling learners
• Replace child prisons with better alternatives
• Better support people leaving prison
• Boost community services quality and innovation with indexation certainty
• Foster strong, nurturing families
• Ensure that people experiencing mental illness continue to get the support they need
• Stop disability service gaps emerging