The facility will be one of seven new early parenting centres established in Victoria thanks to a $135.1 million allocation set to be announced in the state government's 2019/20 budget.

Services provided by the early parenting centres will give new parents support for sleep training, feeding and extra care for babies.

"It means parents in regional Victoria will have access to services in a local area when they bring their babies home from hospital," Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards said.

"There is no rule book or instruction manual that comes with babies. Therefore, these early parenting centres will be there to provide services parents need in a difficult time, whether it is specialist services, clinical services or early parenting services we know families will need."

City of Greater Bendigo maternal and child health clinical coordinator Helen Lees said the announcement would be an excellent addition to the other services already provided in the region.

"One of the mains things we as maternal and child health nurses are consulted on, in addition to general services, is sleep and settling, feeding and all those thigns come with early parenting," she said.

"Families from smaller towns and communities from outside Bendigo will also benefit from the establishment of a regional early parenting centre."

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Ms Edwards said having regionally-based early parenting centres would mean less travel to metropolitan areas for help.

"It's about access. If new mums and dads don't have access to (family) supports, there is nowhere for them to go in regional Victoria. They have to travel to Melbourne for long stays," Ms Edwards said.

"There's 5000 babies born each year in Bendigo but this is also about giving access to people outside the regional centres beyond Bendigo.

"We know the new hospital here is utilised by people north of Bendigo and are confident this service will be utilised by people in smaller communities around Bendigo."

Ms Edwards said the need for the centres became clear following a parliamentary joint committee inquiry.

"We conducted an inquiry into perinatal services in Victoria and one of the first things we heard from people we engaged with was the lack of services across regional Victoria for new mums and dads experiencing challenging times," she said.

"This is in response to that and a great announcement for regional families in Victoria."

The state budget will also allocate $7.2 million over four years for the 24-hour Maternal and Child Health Line and $17 million to boost Maternal and Child Health home visits for vulnerable families.

"We know there are a lot of vulnerable families in electorate who will benefit enormously from this service," Ms Edwards said.

"The (24-hour helpline) service had over 100,000 calls in 2016/17 and one in two were in relation to sleep training or (parental) support during sleep time for babies.

"The service is remarkable and parents are thrilled to have it. Expanding that and making sure more people are at the end of that phone line makes a difference for families."

Ms Lees said the extra funding for the helpline and home visits helps meet the needs of the region.

"Being able to work with a family in their own environment where they are comfortable is an asset," she said.

"The additional services will be welcomed by everyone."

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