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Promising Practice Profiles by topic

For a list of all Communities for Children, Invest to Grow and Local Answers projects that were accepted as Promising Practice Profiles, please refer to pages 20-25 of the Promising Practice Profiles - Final Report (PDF 2.1 MB).

For a complete list of all Promising Practice Profiles refer to Promising Practice Profiles A-Z by title

Please note: The contact details in the "Contact" section of each profile were correct at the time of publication. Contact details are not updated after the profiles have been published.

Programs

• Developing child-friendly communities
• Early childhood services
  • Education (kinder / childcare), including workforce development
  • Health services
• Playgroups
• Interagency collaboration & multi-disciplinary approaches

Target group

• Engaging hard-to-reach families
  • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
  • Indigenous
  • Youth
  • Young parents
  • Children with disability or other special needs
  • Rural / remote families
  • Parents with learning difficulties

Issue

• Early literacy / language development
• School readiness / transition to school
• Parenting skills
  • Parenting skills general
  • Early preparation for parenting, targeting high-risk groups
  • Fostering positive parent-child relationships
  • Father engagement
  • Understanding early child development, and pre-school learning needs
  • Nutrition
• Peer-support, social supports, life skills, etc
  • Parents
  • Young people