In February 2018, the Commonwealth Government is hosting a Ministers and ‘First Indigenous leaders special gathering’ to discuss the refresh of the current Closing the Gap agenda. It must be noted that, at the time of writing, the engagement timelines for the national Closing the Gap refresh have not been finalised. Appendix A VAAF Strategic Action Areas, Indicators, – Targets and Measures Strategic Action Area 1: Maternal and early childhood health and development Headline Indicator Target Other measures to be reported H1: Improve Aboriginal By 2023, close the gap in the The rate of reported smoking use in infant survival and health perinatal mortality rate pregnancy by mothers of Aboriginal babies By 2023, close the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal babies The proportion of Aboriginal children with a birth weight below 2,500 attending Maternal and Child Health grams services at key age milestones H2. Increase Aboriginal By 2014, the gap between Aboriginal kindergarten participation and non-Aboriginal 4 year old The number of Aboriginal 3 year old children having access to a high children participating in a kindergarten quality kindergarten program will be program closed H3. Reduce the rate of By 2023, the gap in the rate of Aboriginal child Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child protection substantiations protection substantiations will be reduced by 75% Strategic Action Area 2: Education and training Headline Indicator Target Additional measures H4: Improve literacy and By 2018, halve the gap for Aboriginal Retention of Aboriginal students to Year numeracy in 3, 5, 7 students in reading, writing and 10. and 9 for Aboriginal numeracy School attendance rates for Aboriginal students students H5. Increase the By 2020, halve the gap between the The rate of transition of Aboriginal young proportion of Aboriginal Year 12 or equivalent attainment people aged 18–24 years to employment people aged 20–24 rates of Aboriginal and and/or further education who have completed at 20–24 year olds least Year 12 or The number of Aboriginal people aged equivalent 20–65 with or working towards post school qualifications in Certificate III or above Strategic Action Area 3: Economic participation Headline Indicator Target Additional measures
In February 2018, the Commonwealth Government is hosting a ‘First Ministers and Indigenous leaders special gathering’ to discuss the refresh of the current Closing the Gap agenda. It must be noted that, at the time of writing, the engagement timelines for the national Closing the Gap refresh have not been finalised. Appendix A – VAAF Strategic Action Areas, Indicators, Targets and Measures Strategic Action Area 1: Maternal and early childhood health and development Headline Indicator Target Other measures to be reported H1: Improve Aboriginal infant survival and health By 2023, close the gap in the perinatal mortality rate The rate of reported smoking use in pregnancy by mothers of Aboriginal babies The proportion of Aboriginal children attending Maternal and Child Health services at key age milestones The number of Aboriginal 3 year old children participating in a kindergarten program By 2023, close the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal babies with a birth weight below 2,500 grams H2. Increase Aboriginal kindergarten participation By 2014, the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal 4 year old children having access to a high quality kindergarten program will be closed H3. Reduce the rate of Aboriginal child protection substantiations By 2023, the gap in the rate of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child protection substantiations will be reduced by 75% Strategic Action Area 2: Education and training Headline Indicator Target Additional measures H4: Improve literacy and numeracy in 3, 5, 7 and 9 for Aboriginal students By 2018, halve the gap for Aboriginal students in reading, writing and numeracy Retention of Aboriginal students to Year 10. School attendance rates for Aboriginal students The rate of transition of Aboriginal young people aged 18–24 years to employment and/or further education The number of Aboriginal people aged 20–65 with or working towards post school qualifications in Certificate III or above H5. Increase the proportion of Aboriginal people aged 20–24 who have completed at least Year 12 or equivalent By 2020, halve the gap between the Year 12 or equivalent attainment rates of Aboriginal and 20–24 year olds Strategic Action Area 3: Economic participation Headline Indicator Target Additional measures
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