Money, housing and health resources

Emerging Minds, Australia, February 2024

Related to Family and social relationships, Money, housing and food insecurity

These resources have been created with families who have been through tough times to spark hope and give you new ideas for navigating difficulties around money, housing, health and racism.

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Fact sheet

Experiences and skills of families living in poverty

Emerging Minds

Poverty is more than struggling with money. Read about some of the skills families have used to survive poverty.
Fact sheet

Families responding to racism

Emerging Minds

Read about some of the many ways families respond to the effects of racism and support their children.
Fact sheet

Tips for families experiencing homelessness

Emerging Minds

Parents who have lived through homelessness with their children share ideas about how to get through in this fact sheet.
Fact sheet

Managing family health and money struggles at the same time

Emerging Minds

Managing your health can be hard enough, but it’s so much harder when you’re facing financial issues at the same time. This fact sheet contains ideas from families about getting through similarly tough times.
Fact sheet

Skills for responding to harmful service experiences

Emerging Minds

We hope the skills shared by other families in this resource might give you some ideas for how to respond, heal and recover interactions with services that may have caused harm, humiliation or distress.
Resource summary

Resources for supporting infants and children in disasters

This practice guide is a series of resources on child-centred and family-focused approaches in disaster preparedness, response and recovery. It aims to equip you with foundational knowledge and evidence-informed approaches to support infants, children and their families during and after disasters, and promote their long-term healing and wellbeing.
Guide

Welcoming Our Little Ones: A guide for families to raise strong and deadly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Nunkuwarrin Yunti & Emerging Minds

Welcoming Our Little Ones shares some stories and ideas to support families to raise healthy and grounded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, with a specific focus on pregnancy to five years.
Guide

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dads matter

Nunkuwarrin Yunti & Emerging Minds

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dads have an important role to play in the lives of their kids. This guide shares stories and advice from Indigenous dads and parents on supporting your partner and parenting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the first five years.
Guide

Welcoming Our Little Ones: What is this guide about?

Nunkuwarrin Yunti & Emerging Minds

This guide is for anyone with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in their family, including non-Indigenous carers, and includes advice just for dads.
Guide

Welcoming Our Little Ones: Sharing stories from pregnancy to birth

Nunkuwarrin Yunti & Emerging Minds

Culture starts being built in our babies in the womb. Read about building the foundations for wellbeing and spiritual connections to Country and family from pregnancy.
Guide

Welcoming Our Little Ones: Sharing stories from birth to 1 year old

Nunkuwarrin Yunti & Emerging Minds

From birth we can help babies connect to Country and culture. Read about ways of connecting and supporting belonging for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Guide

Welcoming Our Little Ones: Sharing stories from 1 to 3 years old

Nunkuwarrin Yunti & Emerging Minds

From a young age, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children learn by experiencing their environment and spending time with family members, Community and other children. Read some ideas for supporting the development of spirit and kinship in their early years.

Money, housing and health resources

Emerging Minds, Australia, February 2024

Discover more resources

Experiences and skills of families living in poverty

Families responding to racism

Tips for families experiencing homelessness

Managing family health and money struggles at the same time

Skills for responding to harmful service experiences

Resources for supporting infants and children in disasters

Welcoming Our Little Ones: A guide for families to raise strong and deadly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dads matter

Welcoming Our Little Ones: What is this guide about?

Welcoming Our Little Ones: Sharing stories from pregnancy to birth

Welcoming Our Little Ones: Sharing stories from birth to 1 year old

Welcoming Our Little Ones: Sharing stories from 1 to 3 years old

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