GO8651: Thriving Kids - First Nations Early Years Best Practice and Capability Building

This grant opportunity will fund SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children to deliver the Thriving Kids First Nations Early Years Best Practice and Capability Building Activity, supporting the Commonwealth’s commitment to provide dedicated First Nations national workforce activities.

Funding will be provided over a 5-year period.

The activity aims to ensure First Nations voices inform the design and implementation of Thriving Kids, strengthen the capability of the Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) sector to identify and support children with developmental delay and autism, and improve the cultural safety and responsiveness of mainstream providers.

The grant will be delivered through a two-stream approach.

This includes ongoing collaboration between the Commonwealth, SNAICC, cross sector peaks and states and territories, to ensure that national activities align with and inform local implementation and priorities.

The activity will complement state and territory investments and promote collaboration across the early childhood, education, health and community services sectors.

The intended outcome is improved access to culturally safe and responsive Thriving Kids supports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families, supported by a skilled and capable community-controlled workforce and culturally responsive mainstream providers.

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To be eligible, an applicant must be the listed organisation, SECRETARIAT OF NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND ISLANDER CHILD CARE – NATIONAL VOICE FOR OUR CHILDREN LIMITED (ABN 42 513 562 148), and must have received an invitation to apply from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

Consortium applications are permitted where the listed eligible organisation is the lead organisation, is solely accountable to the Commonwealth, submits the application and enters into the grant agreement.

Applicants must declare compliance with the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework, Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, Multicultural Access and Equity Policy and Disability Services and Inclusion Act 2023.

If successful, all personnel working on the activity must have and maintain a Working with Children check, Working with Vulnerable People registration, or equivalent relevant state or territory check.

Grant activities must be delivered nationally.

The applicant cannot receive funding from another government source for the same purpose or activity, except where a joint state, territory or local government contribution is specified in section 3.1.