The Child and Family Supports Alliance NSW (CaFSA), is a collaborative body of leaders from NSW's mainstream and specialist community-based and not-for-profit sectors, including national parenting support services. CaFSA was established to advocate for, design, and implement foundational supports systems tailored for children with developmental differences and their families.
On May 23, 2024, seventeen leaders met at a roundtable to discuss and shape the framework for Foundational Supports NSW and nationally, informed by recommendations from the NDIS Review. Attendees represented various community-based not-for-profit stakeholders including early childhood education and care providers, early childhood intervention organisations, peer-led groups, researchers, and mainstream child and family service providers. Collectively, our trusted and established organisations work with over 182,000 children and families, including children with disabilities, and many of us have a broader reach through consultancy and support work. Collectively our organisations have operated for an average of 40 years.
CaFSA Members:
Down Syndrome NSW
Early Education Inc
Karitane
Kindred
Koorana Child & Family Services Ltd
Noah’s Inclusion Services
Orange District Early Education Program
Parenting Research Centre Inc
Playgroup NSW Inc
Plumtree Children's Services
Raising Children’s Network (Australia) Ltd
Fams
First Peoples Disability Network
Ethnic Community Services Cooperative
SDN
KU Children's Services
Bathurst Early Childhood Intervention Services
Bridges for Learning
Early Connections - Coffs Coast
Early Connections - Port Macquarie
Early Connections - Manning Great Lakes
Orana Early Childhood Intervention
PlayAbility
Royal Far West
Shaping Outcomes
The Infant's Home
Treehouse
Firstchance