The Federal Government will provide ailing disability employment services provider Bedford with an extra $4.4 million with Disability and the NDIS Minister Mark Butler saying the company’s financial position was so bad that “they can’t even operate from week to week”.

Announced today, the extra funding builds on $15 million in state government money given to Bedford in July , which rescued the not-for-profit from falling into voluntary administration.

Bedford is the second-largest employer for people with disability in the country and supports some 1400 people.

In a statement, Butler said the Commonwealth Government agreed to provide $4.4 million to the state government to support the Bedford sales process “following careful consideration”.

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