Funding Criteria

Please note: The funding criteria for the Inner West and South East Sydney are different. Please see below for more details.

Inner West Funding Criteria:

Essential:

• Addresses parenting education for parents of children 0-8 years;
• Service to be provided within Inner West Area, using Families First geographic boundary;
• Demonstrate responsiveness to community needs;
• Agencies applying for funding will also need to contribute resources to the project;
• Evidence of an evaluation strategy developed for use; NB For the August September 2008 funding round applications for group will be required to use the Parent Concerns Questionnaire Brief Form. See For Professionals - Download Application Forms Inner West page to download forms.
• All projects will need to include answers to the SFRP Essential Reporting Questions in their their End of Project. See For Professionals Download Application Forms Inner West page to download forms.

Helpful Hints for Applicants:

• Funding can be utilised for: Childcare Workers, Program Resource Materials (eg workbooks and tip sheets);
• Administration costs up to 10% of the total funding requested;
• Salaries for Out of Business Hours facilitators;
• Salaries for Daytime external facilitators only.

Desirable:

• Initiatives that provide assistance to families who need extra support (Families First Field of Activity 3);
• Initiatives that improve the connection between families and the community (Families First Field of Activity 4);
• Initiatives that demonstrate use of strengths based practice;
• Initiatives that demonstrate collaboration and partnerships with other agencies;
• The provision of evidence-based parenting programs such as Triple P - Positive Parenting Program or Magic 123

South East Sydney Funding Criteria:

For the purpose of this funding, a Parenting Program is defined as:
“A clearly planned and specified set of activities to be undertaken by a trained facilitator, with a group of parents. Parenting Programs are focused, short-term interventions aimed at educating parents to improve their relationship with their child, and preventing or treating a range of problems, including behavioural and emotional adjustment”

Essential:

• Addresses parenting education for parents of children 0-8 years;
• Service must be provided to families living within the South East Sydney area, using the Families First geographic boundary;
• Demonstrate responsiveness to community needs and an increase in service delivery beyond what already exists;
• Parenting Education must be delivered in line with Families First principles, with a particular focus on improving outcomes for families within a prevention and early intervention framework. Please refer to: Families First Strategic Directions document.
• Evidence of an evaluation strategy developed for use. Please note: you will also be required to use the Parent Concerns Questionnaire Brief Form.
• Initiatives must commence within 6 months of receiving funding and must be completed within 12 months of receiving funding;
• All not for profit and Local Government agencies are welcome to apply. State government agencies may apply but only in partnership with a not for profit or Local Government agency;
• If an organisation applies for a grant in order to train their staff, then they must demonstrate that parenting programs will be run as a direct result of this training.

Desirable:

• Initiatives that demonstrate use of strengths based practice;
• Initiatives that demonstrate collaboration and partnerships with other agencies;
• The provision of evidence-based parenting programs such as Triple P - Positive Parenting Program or Magic 123
• Initiatives that will improve access to families that otherwise may not be accessing your service.