A meeting of the steering committee and the new board of trustees of the new Longford family resource centre has taken place.
In January, Minister for Children Norma Foley confirmed that the town is one of ten locations set to gain such a facility.
Longford's FRC will be based at The Attic House on the Ballinalee Road, which the Minister visited last year.
Local TD Micheál Carrigy attended the meeting- he says it's an important step: