Nurturing Equality

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.

In 2023–24, Micah Projects supported families to nurture positive behaviours and healthy relationships

These behaviours assist in breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma and adversity that is often experienced when women and children experience a lack of support, family violence, homelessness and poverty.

Healthy & Safe Start

Pregnancy & Early Years

An integrated response and support program for vulnerable high risk pregnant women, birthing people and their families tailored to individual needs, including; support for Domestic and Family Violence, homelessness and housing, and specialist family support with a perinatal and health focus.

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…

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.

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.

Children and Young People (CYP)

Working with children and young people who have witnessed family violence.

The Children and Young People Program supports children aged 0 to 12 years who have witnessed family and domestic violence. Alongside their safe caregiver, the program provides individual and group work focused on healing, recovery and building resilience.

CYP is funded by Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General

Children and Young People

#	Outcome
117	children, young people and their families supported by the Child and Young Person Team
10	group work programs (6-8 weeks each) were offered throughout the year to children and safe female caregivers
20	Supported playgroup sessions (offered from April 2024)

Find out more about how we support those who have been impacted by family and domestic violence

Domestic and Family Violence Services

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.

Family Pathways Program (FPP)

Working with families to address Adolescent to Parent Violence (APV)

The Family Pathways Program provides short-term holistic support to families, with an aim to reduce adolescent-to-parent violence towards their female protective caregiver in the home. The program is targeted to young males aged 12 to 17 years old.

FPP is funded by Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General

91 individuals

38 young people and 53 Safe Female Caregivers supported through formal support sessions

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.

Women, Children & Families