Product Description

An initiative of the Victorian Department of Education and Training, the Best Start program supports families, caregivers and communities to provide the best possible environment, experiences and care for young children in the important years from pregnancy to school.
Best Start aims to give every child the best start in life by bringing local services together to work collaboratively to address challenges faced by families and communities and assist them in supporting parents and caregivers to improve the health, development, learning and wellbeing of all Victorian children (0-8 years).
Aboriginal Best Start are in place to ensure that local Aboriginal communities and organisations are given every possible opportunity to support positive outcomes for their children and families collaboratively, while promoting a strong emphasis on prevention and early intervention,.
Based on formal partnerships of local agencies and service providers to improve the outcomes for children at a localised, targeted level to find solutions to problems faced by families in our area. This approach has been shown to be extremely effective with efforts being focused on boosting children’s participation in the programs we know have the best results for setting them up for success, such as kindergarten and maternal and child health (MCH) services. The program also puts in place prevention strategies, such as providing referral pathways when targeted supports are required.