Welcome to the Engaging Families in Early Education (EFEE) research website.

This website is for educators, services and providers – all those who are interested in working with families experiencing poverty.

Governments and early learning services do not always understand enough about what life is really like for families on low incomes. In this project we planned to find out how early childhood education and care could be improved to better meet the needs of children and their families.

The research team are spent time with families and early learning service staff to learn what systems, processes and practices best met the needs of families on low incomes.  We visited five services in New South Wales and Queensland that are known for good practice to find out what works for families.