HIPPY
Home Interaction Program for Parents & Youngsters
HIPPY stands for:
Home Interaction Program for Parents & Youngsters
HIPPY is a fun and FREE program for all families.
HIPPY builds your skills and confidence as your child’s first teacher.
HIPPY supports you to do learning activities with your child and is designed to give your child confidence to start school and develop a love of learning that lasts a lifetime.
The HIPPY Curriculum is aligned to the Early Years Learning Framework and the Curriculum.
HIPPY is 100 Communities across Australia – including 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander sites delivered by an ACCO (Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation).
The program has been with Gudjagang Ngara-Li-dhi since January 2026.
The program provides:
- The skills to learn with your child at home
- Activities to do alongside other early childhood programs
- Opportunities to spend regular quality time with your child
- Opportunities to build learning into your everyday life
Who:
The essential HIPPY criteria are:
- that the family lives with the catchment criteria; and
- the child starts HIPPY two years before commencing full-time formal school (around three years old).
Where:
In Age 3 you receive 15 activity packs and in Age 4 you receive 30 activity packs. HIPPY can be delivered at home visits, in community spaces, or at the HIPPY Gatherings (playgroups).
Opportunities:
Each year there is the opportunity for two parents in the program to be employed up to 15 hours a week as a pathway to employment.
The Home Interaction Program for Parents & Youngsters is funded by the Australian Government Through the Department of Social Services.
The Brotherhood of St Laurence holds the licence to operate HIPPY Australia.
Our Partners
Gudjagang Ngara Li-dhi Aboriginal Corporation
PHONE
02 4305 8807
EMAIL
admin@gnl.org.au
ADDRESS
4 Church Street
Wyong NSW 2259
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