Safe and Strong Families - Bourke RFT

DCJ has opened a tender targeted to ACCOs to deliver Safe & Strong Families in Bourke LGA, an early intervention service focused on preventing & responding to Domestic & Family Violence.

Project goals

The target group for Safe and Strong Families includes children, young people and parents/carers who are at risk of, are currently experiencing, or who have experienced, family violence. This includes:

• Aboriginal children, young people, families and communities.

• 0–5-year olds;

• children and young people at risk of disengagement from school, family and community

• young parents with known vulnerabilities or who are experiencing a number of hardships.

• children and young people affected by a mental health condition/s.

This procurement will involve $400,000 per annum (inclusive of GST and excluding indexation) and $363,636.36 excluding GST. Funding is for a contract term of 12 months, therefore, the total funding amount is $400,000 (inclusive of GST and excluding indexation) and $363,636.36 excluding GST.

Organisations applying for this open tender must be able to demonstrate that they are an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation to be eligible to apply.

Scope

Safe and Strong Families aims to address a gap in the family violence service system as evidence demonstrates intervening early will improve the trajectory and outcomes for children and young people who have experienced family violence.

Safe and Strong Families has a dual focus, supporting both victim survivors and their children, who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, family violence. The program will deliver therapeutic, trauma-informed and culturally safe early support to victim survivors and their children.

The program stands out from other family violence services as a soft entry point for vulnerable families, and service providers are encouraged to work with victim survivors and their children as long as required to achieve positive outcomes.

It will be delivered under DCJs Community and Family Support (CAFS) program. CAFS offers culturally safe, responsive and flexible support services to meet the needs of children, young people and families experiencing or at risk of vulnerability. The flexibility of the CAFS program allows support to families when they need it, and strong local connections within the service system allows a customised response to families addressing issues early and preventing escalation to a crisis response.

Evidence demonstrates that intervening early significantly improves the trajectory and outcomes for children and young people who have experienced family violence.

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Additional details/instructions

This is an open tender for the Bourke LGAs which is only open to ACCOs.

This tender opportunity can only be accessed and responded via the Department’s end to end procurement system, Procurement Central. Any submission lodged outside of Procurement Central will not be considered by the Department.

To participate in the tender opportunity, please register on https://justice.bravosolution.com/web/login.html

Organisations who have not registered on Procurement Central will not be able to access the tender information. If you have already registered on Procurement Central, you are not required to register again.

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