Women, Children & Families
Micah Projects’ Women, Children and Families Cluster provides integrated response and support offering prevention and early intervention support, alongside service provision that is trauma-informed and coordinated to support women and children who are rebuilding their lives, their relationships and their connection to their community.
Find out more below and hear how our services can have positive impacts.
Supporting Families
Healthy and Safe Start supports families to build healthy foundations to reduce the likelihood or extent of adverse experiences in childhood for their children.
From March 2023 – July 2024, the program has supported a diverse community of families, sole-parenting women, birthing people and pregnancies…
Key figures
90 pregnant women
and their families were supported
38 families supported
identified as First Nations
Working with Hospitals
We have a close relationship with the Mater and RBWH hospitals and have successfully linked families with antenatal and postnatal care, assisted with pathways to long term housing, and provided specialist domestic and family violence (DFV) support.
Key figures
61%
received specialist homelessness and housing support
48%
received specialist Domestic and Family Violence Support
48%
received specialist intensive family support and guidance regarding accessing antenatal care
Our future vision is to continue to nurture the gap within this space.
Teeter-Totters Supported Playgroup
For children aged 0 to 5 years and their mothers This group encourages positive attachment between parent and child, connecting and responding – Underpinned by the PACE Framework (Playful, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy) that was founded by Dan Hughes. PACE is a way of thinking, feeling, communicating and behaving that aims to make the child feel safe. It is based on how parents connect with their very young infants.
Kaleidoscope Group
For children aged 5 to 12 years Kaleidoscopes can be colourful, confusing and chaotic, but with focus, things can be seen in a very different light. This group covers emotional regulation and the connection between brain and body as well as building communication, problem-solving, and acceptance skills in kids.
Tillers Support Group
For women who have experienced DFV This group provides an opportunity to connect with other women with lived experience, explore the impacts of DFV on themselves and their children, and focus on self-care.
Challenging
harmful gendered attitudes and pro-violence beliefs by promoting attitudes and behaviours aligned with mutual respect and equality.
Exploring opportunities
to build connectedness and improve relationships.
Providing engagement strategies
for adult/male perpetrator in the home (when safe to do so).
Providing individual and group work support
with a youth advocate for young males and a woman’s advocate for family caregivers.
Micah Projects' Women, Children and Families services
