What We Do
Australian Children’s Wellbeing Index
What makes Australia a great place to grow up?
UNICEF Australia and ARACY are collaborating to explore what it takes to make Australia an even better place for children to grow up. In 2021, they jointly developed the Australian Children’s Wellbeing Index to capture a comprehensive view of how children are doing across all areas of wellbeing and how these are evolving over time.
Children’s wellbeing in Australia is measured and tracked across the six interconnected domains of The Nest – Australia’s Child and Youth Wellbeing Framework. These domains include being valued, loved, and safe; being healthy; learning; having their basic material needs met; developing a positive sense of identity; and participating in decisions that affect them. To complement the Children’s Wellbeing Index, UNICEF Australia and ARACY will develop a series of papers focusing on each of the domains.
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What else we do
Right@home
right@home is a relationship-based nurse home visiting program for Australian families, delivered by trained professionals within the universal health service. It empowers parents to create a safe, nurturing environment that supports early child development.
Early Years Strategy
The Australian Government’s Early Years Strategy, developed with input from ARACY, outlines a vision to support children and families by prioritising child-centered policies and targeted investment in early years services over the next 10 years, recognising the crucial role early development plays in lifelong success.
Established in 2006, ARACY’s Longitudinal Studies Collaborative (LSC) fosters collaboration between Australian and New Zealand studies focused on children and youth. The LSC promotes data sharing, supports new and ongoing studies, advocates for longitudinal research, and disseminates findings to a broad audience.
Maximising the Middle
‘Maximising the Middle’ is a unique initiative based in Campbelltown and Penrith that aims to see middle years children and young people (MYC&YP), aged 8-14 years, thrive. It is a collaborative project initiated by Uniting NSW.ACT, ARACY and the Stronger Smarter Institute (SSI).
ARACY's The Nest
What's in The Nest?
With six connected areas, The Nest ensures young Australians have everything they need for the best start in life, helping them reach their highest potential.
Our Nest projects
Using The Nest, has helped ARACY to be at the forefront of disease prevention and the promotion of holistic health for young Australians.
The Nest initiatives
Here you’ll see some examples of how The Nest has been used in organisations outside of ARACY across Australia.
