Stronger Communities for Children (SCfC) is a place based, community development initiative which commenced in 2013. It is designed to give Aboriginal children the best possible start in life so that they grow up strong, healthy and confident. SCfC is delivered by 10 Aboriginal community controlled organisations (facilitating partners) in 11 remote communities and multiple homelands in the NT under the guidance of a Local Community Board (LCB). A First Nations Implementation Support Provider facilitates learning and development opportunities for all LCBs and their facilitating partners to build local governance and implementation capacity. SCfC applies a collective impact model with a cultural authority dimension. Communities have a real say in determining what services and activities they need and how they are delivered.
SCfC contributes to implementation of the four Priority Reforms of Closing the Gap (CtG) and overall to 17 CtG outcomes areas.
SCfC has seven aims, which are aligned to Key Socio-Outcome Areas: 1) Improve family and community safety; 2) Increase support for the nurturing of young children; 3)Improve school readiness of young children; 4) Increase support for children and young people to attend school and gain an education 5) Increase opportunities for children, young people and families to participate in cultural events 6) Create a positive environment and build community capacity to lead, plan and prioritise services that children, youth and families need and will benefit from; and 7) Build the capacity of First Nations organisations to deliver these services and increase local employment opportunities.