Child and Family Centres

Child and Family Centres are places for families with children birth to 5 to access a range of services.

The purpose of Child and Family Centres is to improve the health and well-being, education and care of Tasmania’s very young children by supporting parents and enhancing accessibility of services in the local community.

The goals of the Child and Family Centres are to:

• improve the health and educational outcomes for children – birth to five years.
• provide a range of early years services in the local community to support the development of children birth to five years.
• build on the existing strengths of families and communities and assist in their educational needs.
• increase participation in early years programs such as those offered through Launching into Learning (LIL).
• build community capacity by developing partnerships with parents, carers and the community.
• respond to child and family needs in a seamless and holistic manner.

Links

• Child and Family Centre Contact Lists (PDF, 280KB)
• Child and Family Centre Parent Brochure
• An Overview of Child and Family Centres(PDF, 240KB)
• Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres Strategic Plan 2015–2017 (PDF, 250KB)
• Child and Family Centre Functional Design Brief (PDF, 60KB)
• Love in a Lunchbox Resource Kit (PDF, 23MB)
• Creating Better Futures – Report on Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres 2018 by Nick Hopwood (PDF, 7MB)
• For more information on the Early Years visit the It’s A Great Start website