Community Development Program
The former remote employment and community development service.
Replaced by RAES on 1 November 2025
- Official publisher
- Australian Government National Indigenous Australians Agency
- Sources last reviewed
- 6 August 2026
- ServiceCite coverage
- Historical links only
- Official overview
- Open publisher page
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Search currently covers IEA Guidelines Parts A and B, Workforce Australia Part A, and the Part B guidelines for Workforce Australia Services, Self-Employment Assistance, Transition to Work, Career Transition Assistance and Employability Skills Training.
NIAA states that the publicly available CDP agreement and operational guidance may not include all variations and must not be used by providers as the basis for operational decisions. ServiceCite therefore provides historical links only.
Any deeper historical treatment requires First Nations-led governance and careful handling of the limitations identified on public CDP operational records.
Former program
CDP was replaced by RAES on 1 November 2025.
NIAA CDP historyOfficial sources and reviewed links
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- history
Community Development Program
The official NIAA historical program and transition page.
Publisher: Australian Government National Indigenous Australians Agency
Open source: Community Development Program - history
CDP Head Agreement and Operational Guidance
A historical public collection that NIAA warns may omit variations and is not for provider operational use.
Publisher: Australian Government National Indigenous Australians Agency
Open source: CDP Head Agreement and Operational Guidance
Related programs
- Replaced by RAES
Remote Australia Employment Service
Program-level replacement from 1 November 2025.
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