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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76befb11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76befb11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/early-childhood\/resources\/connected-beginnings-program-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connected Beginnings<\/a> is an Australian Government program that funds Collective Impact initiatives in communities where Aboriginal children would benefit the most from cross sector collaboration in improving the support and service system to address their needs and the needs of their families.<\/p><p>\u201cThe expected outcomes of the program are to assist Aboriginal children in communities where they would benefit the most to achieve the learning and developmental outcomes necessary for a positive transition to school. Over time, this will contribute to achieving equity in school readiness and educational outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children.\u201d<\/p><p>The Connected Beginnings team identifies the needs of our community by bringing Aboriginal voices and other key stakeholders together. Yerrabi will prioritise efforts by identifying\u00a0 opportunities for collaboration and development.<\/p><h3>Closing the Gap measures<\/h3><p>Connected Beginnings supports all Closing the Gap priority reforms and focuses on:<\/p><h5>Target 2<span style=\"color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Heebo, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-transform: none;\">\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Children are born healthy and strong.<\/span><\/h5><h5>Target 3<span style=\"color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Heebo, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-transform: none;\">\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Children are engaged in high quality, culturally appropriate early childhood education in their early years.<\/span><\/h5><h5>Target 4<span style=\"color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Heebo, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-transform: none;\">\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Children thrive in their early years<\/span><\/h5><p>To learn more about the Close the Gap targets you can visit\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #efecdc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.closingthegap.gov.au\/national-agreement\/targets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closingthegap.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a472967 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a472967\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.au\/early-childhood\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DofEdu.png\" title=\"DofEdu\" alt=\"DofEdu\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424e9cbe elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"424e9cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caps.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/caps-logo.webp\" title=\"caps-logo\" alt=\"caps-logo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-39504fe8\" data-id=\"39504fe8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603dc3d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"603dc3d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-2.20.00-pm-1024x572.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4730\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-2.20.00-pm-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-2.20.00-pm-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-2.20.00-pm-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-2.20.00-pm-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/yerrabi.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2026-06-15-at-2.20.00-pm-2048x1144.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d4abf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55d4abf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Connected Beginnings activities includes:<\/h5><ul><li>Consultation<\/li><li>Testing and trialling of ideas<\/li><li>Developing and maintaining cross sector networks<\/li><li>Community development events<\/li><li>Creating long-term systemic change in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people in our community through service delivery improvements and policy change across government and non-government sectors.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; 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