Junction: Growing Together

Growing Together is an evidence-based program focussed on improving outcomes for some of our most vulnerable families and disrupting intergenerational contact with child protection systems by drawing on an innovative peer leadership approach.<br>Research tells us that young people who have been in the care and protection system often become parents themselves at a very young age. For many reasons, including challenges in resolving past traumas, the children of these young people also enter the child protection system creating an intergenerational cycle of disadvantage. We want to disrupt this trajectory and give young parents the best chance of becoming capable and confident parents whose children thrive. We think the best way to do this is to draw on lived experience and peer leadership models, creating opportunities for growth and healing.