Early Years
Promoting access to early childhood services through meaningful consultations, collaborative projects and professional learning opportunities
Evidence tells us that early childhood services play a significant role in a child’s positive development. Access to maternal and child health services, child care, kindergartens and other programs such as playgroups also provide an opportunity to enhance family participation in their community.
Our Early Years Program seeks to explore the barriers and enablers to inclusion, and to develop strategies to promote full inclusion of families from refugee backgrounds through:
The Foundation House Early Years Communities of Practice (CoP) is a one-calendar year program which supports early years services to identify and implement strategies which improve the inclusion and participation of children and families from refugee backgrounds. The CoP is a 2021 Victorian Early Years Award winning initiative funded by the Victorian Department of Education.
The CoP is a partnership between Foundation House and Best Start which engages 8-10 services in a Local Government Area. The place-based approach targets services based in suburbs where families from refugee backgrounds are living. During 2024, three Communities of Practice will occur in: the City of Greater Dandenong, the City of Hume and in a regional Victorian LGA to be announced.
You can download the ‘Outline and Agreement PDF‘ here.
Greg Gow
Education and Early Years Program Leader
T: (03) 9389 8900
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